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Fighting Against Poverty Through Giving and Entrepreneurship

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Partnerships for the Goals

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Definition

Poverty is defined as the state of having little or no money, resources, sustainability, or support. There is a difference though between absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty includes a complete lack of means to meet personal needs and is independent of location and area. According to the World Bank since 2015, it is also defined as those who earn only USD$1.90 per day. Relative poverty, however, refers to the inability to meet the minimum living standards when compared to others in the same time and place.

Introduction

The chapter brings to light the challenges and opportunities for balance and further improvement of social and economic situations according to the 17 SDGs, with a specific focus on goal 17: utilizing partnerships to achieve the goals. The chapter shows the way to improve the welfare of the population and to facilitate the eradication of poverty through partnerships, bringing together “Governments, civil society, the private sector, the...

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  1. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Ruth Wolf

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Marco Tortora

  2. PIN Prato. University of Florence, Laboratorio Ambiente, Impresa, Società, Prato, Italy

    Marco Tortora

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Wolf, R. (2020). Fighting Against Poverty Through Giving and Entrepreneurship. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_13-1

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