On average, the majority live in a vicious circle of poverty as they cannot invest and even support the education of their children.

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Escaping this vicious circle of poverty and discontent requires sustained growth.

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Through this project, the community will be encouraged to support the education of the less fortunate, orphans and street children, in order to break the vicious circle of poverty.

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In sub-Saharan Africa, where much of the population lives on the edge of subsistence, poverty and slow economic growth, or outright decline, increased the likelihood of future state collapse, thereby trapping the countries in a vicious circle of poverty and political instability.

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Since then deforestation, a three-year drought and poverty have formed a vicious circle.

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