Answer:
'poor' should be reserved – 'for the sick and infirm, for orphan infancy, for languishing and decrepit old age.' The poor law reformers use other language to make the same point. By distinguishing, in theory and policy, between the 'independent poor' and the 'dependent,' between 'laborers' and 'indigents' or 'paupers,' they hoped to eliminate the ambiguity that had done so much mischief.
Explanation: Inadequate access to clean water and nutritious food.
Little or no access to livelihoods or jobs.
Conflict.
Inequality.
Poor education.
Climate change.
Lack of infrastructure.
Limited capacity of the government.
These all contribute to the persistence of poverty.