Wealth is not merely the possession of money. Poverty and wealth go far beyond the absence or presence of money. Money can be used sometimes as a measure of wealth, a means to store wealth, and a useful set of symbols for the exchange of wealth. . But money is not wealth, and the nature of poverty is far more interesting and challenging than just the absence of money. Remember, this handout is not aimed at teaching you techniques, it encourages you to analyse the causes of poverty, and the principles of the techniques that you learn in the other documents in this series.
Money can be a very useful tool. .
Money can be used to fight poverty and generate wealth. Money by itself, however, will not eliminate poverty. . This handout focusses on the first. . We can not just print more money. Inflation simply means that the costs of things goes up. .