the nature of poverty

Why do they buy TV when they can't eat enough? Why don't their children like to study even if they go to school? Why don't they enjoy the free healthy life, but they have to spend their own money to buy medicine? Why are they able to start a business but find it difficult to keep it?

Over the past 15 years, in order to find out why poverty occurs and what specific problems poverty will cause, thus keeping the poor trapped in the vicious circle of "poverty trap" that cannot escape, the two authors have gone deep into the world of the poor in many countries on five continents to investigate Focused on 18 countries and regions, from the daily life of the poor, education, health, entrepreneurship, aid, government, NGO and other aspects of life, to explore the real root of poverty.