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endemic poverty  

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  • ENDEMIC, AS A TERM, suggests nativity to a particular place or people. Endemic poverty is persistent long-term poverty of a particular people or region that may span not just many years but may extend over generations. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Endemic Poverty]

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