A multi-generational outlook must be part of any solution to poverty. Maybe other things are important, too, but a multi-generational approach is required. It'

A multi-generational outlook must be part of any solution to poverty. Maybe other things are important, too, but a multi-generational approach is required. It's really hard to get out of poverty without good parents. By "really hard" I mean that it doesn't happen very often. Government programs can help here a lot, but are not very sustainable because they need to keep solving the same poverty problems for every generation. Parents are self-replicating. And good parents replicate more good parents. That's a much more sustainable basis for societal improvement. Multi-generational improvement is not easy, but the gains last much longer. The benefits even last through major hardships that create temporary poverty, like war or economic collapse.