I'm not sure you're talking about exactly the same thing this article is talking about. Social safety nets provide basic access to essentials and (mostly) equa

I'm not sure you're talking about exactly the same thing this article is talking about. Social safety nets provide basic access to essentials and (mostly) equalize access to things like healthcare, but don't really do anything to help someone go from "poor" to "middle-class", or any other trip up the social ladder. That person needs to do something to increase their earning potential beyond what their parents had.