Poverty, inequality and power

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People are often poor because they lack the power to claim a fairer share, and their poverty then deepens their powerlessness — a vicious circle.

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Those with little wealth usually have little political power, so they are excluded from decisions and the rules of the economy are rarely made in their favour.

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With little voice, the poor cannot organise, claim their rights or change the systems that keep them poor — so poverty deepens their powerlessness.

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Being unable to be heard or influence the decisions that affect your life — the poor are often excluded from decision-making nationally and globally.

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It concentrates between countries (poorer states) and within them (marginalised groups, regions and identities), mapping onto who has least power and voice.

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Poverty is about the bottom (whether people have enough); inequality is about the gap (how the total is shared) — distinct but reinforcing, because both track power.

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Because if the poor remain voiceless, relief can be cut off or captured and does not change the power imbalances and rules that keep them poor.

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Because giving the poor voice, rights and representation lets them claim a fairer share themselves and hold the powerful to account, making poverty relief self-sustaining.

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Because they have less weight in the global institutions that write the rules of trade, debt and finance, so those rules rarely favour them.

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Powerlessness produces poverty (rules aren't made for the poor), and poverty produces powerlessness (the poor cannot organise or be heard) — each reinforcing the other.

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Combine resources and empowerment — meet material needs now (they also build capabilities) AND shift power and voice, so relief lasts and the poor can claim a fairer share.