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It is difficult to provide a detailed definition of "poverty", because situations are different in every single country. But in general, "poverty" as a physical, material term can be described in a few categories, such as �gmoney deprivation�h - people living below a particular (average) line, �gservices deprivation�h - e.g. lack of adequate health or education services, �gaccess deprivation�h - e.g. very difficult access to water supply, and transportation, �gvoice …

…but poverty eradication that we have to achieve. We have to try not to create great gaps between rich and poor, because solidarity is destroyed. If poverty eradication succeeds, the economic growth will build up real solidarity, and the gap between rich and poor will not exist. But solidarity does not mean egalitarianism where everybody are the same, but it means a more equal society where the gross inequalities of participation and distribution are eliminated.