چکیده:
Despite the policies implemented to combat it, the phenomenon of poverty remains an economic-social problem. This article, while posing questions such as whether the persistence of poverty is due to insufficient efforts or whether the policies employed have actually contributed to its continuation, discusses the necessity of a fundamental review of methods and perspectives regarding how to solve this problem.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In light of these fundamental questions, this article, while presenting the strengths and weaknesses of policies that can assist policymakers economically in their efforts to fulfill the mission of fighting poverty, will examine the reasons for the necessity of public participation in the form of individual activities with religious motivations and organized group activities to make these efforts successful.
On one hand, the inability of governments to identify needy households has been one of the major factors in the lack of significant change in the way income is distributed in society, and on the other hand, this inability leads to a loss of trust among high-income individuals and consequently reduces their willingness to pay taxes, which are essential for securing the financial resources required to implement poverty alleviation policies.
For this reason, instead of allocating existing financial resources to direct or indirect cash or non-cash payments to needy individuals, governments often follow a policy of providing subsidies for certain goods and services at a general level so that they do not have to worry about identifying all poor households.
Although it is expected that the above method will to some extent solve the first problem related to identifying poor individuals, practical experiences in different countries show that the use of proxy income criteria has created new problems for policymakers, such that it has not necessarily resulted in a reduction of poverty alleviation costs.
(1) Furthermore, not everyone living in a specific area necessarily possesses the same income level, and consequently, this policy also faces the second problem, which is providing aid to non-needy individuals.
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