Claim: Backed by experiments done in Africa and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households showing that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%, many members of the cycling industry promote bicycles for poverty alleviation, a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
Evidence: Experiments done in Africa (Uganda and Tanzania) and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households have shown that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%. Besides advocating for greater safety, comfort, and convenience for bicyclists, many members of the industry promote bicycles for poverty alleviation. Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.