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Q.How can the creation of income-earning assets address the problem of poverty?

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Productive assets give the poor a lasting income source, reduce dependence on casual labour and moneylenders, and build self-reliance — which is why self-employment programmes focus on asset creation.

The creation of income-earning assets addresses poverty in the following ways:

  1. A durable source of income. Ownership of a productive asset — land, livestock, tools, a small industry or a shop — yields income repeatedly, unlike a one-time relief payment or insecure daily-wage work.
  2. Reduced vulnerability. With their own asset, the poor depend less on casual, intermittent labour and less on moneylenders who charge exploitative interest, helping break the cycle of indebtedness. …

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