Policy Executive Summary 1.
Poverty is much more complex than simply income deprivation.
Poverty entails lack of empowerment, lack of knowledge, and lack of opportunity as well as lack of income and capital. The relationship between education and poverty reduction is clear. Education inculcates the skills and knowledge needed to improve the quality of life, to become more productive, and to improve income-earning potential. Education, particularly education of girls and women, facilitates improvement in many human development indicators such as reduced fertility and better health and nutrition for children. Education is a basic human right recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948.