A lack of financial access to health services, the resultant poor health, and the high disease burden of the poor have been identified as drivers of poverty in Uganda [ 13], which demonstrates the importance of minimising the financial barriers to health services.
However, the importance of FMD as an economic driver of poverty is likely to vary in different agro-ecological and livestock production systems.
The cost of housing has been blamed as the biggest single driver of poverty in London and industry experts have said the government's forthcoming and controversial Housing Bill, which will extend the right-to-buy programme to housing association tenants and force councils to sell off its most expensive council homes, will make things worse.
As the lack of access to income is the main driver of poverty, we may see an increase in inequality.
As housing costs have soared, lack of affordable housing for low-income families has been a key driver of poverty.
The Census Bureau found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the lack of jobs was a driver of poverty.
"Failures in the housing market are a significant driver of poverty," the study said.
Mr. Sachs said the Millennium Development Goals were a main driver of poverty reduction and health improvements in Africa; he didn't say his project was the main driver.
This inclusion of developing countries in the international economy has been a powerful driver of poverty reduction, helping lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
