We believe that poverty is not simply the result of individual circumstance or lack of effort. It is produced and reproduced by structures, policies, and systems that distribute resources, opportunities, and power unequally. Addressing it meaningfully therefore requires engaging with those structures and not only with their symptoms. Our work in poverty reduction is oriented towards understanding the structural dimensions of poverty in the specific contexts we work in, and supporting the communities, organisations, and institutions that are working to change them.

In practical terms, our work touches on issues including livelihood support, access to basic services, social protection, women’s economic empowerment, and community-level resilience. We also engage with poverty through our research and policy work, contributing evidence and analysis to conversations about how development resources are allocated, how social protection systems can be strengthened, and how the voices of people living in poverty can be more meaningfully included in the decisions that affect their lives. We do not claim to have a formula for ending poverty, but we are committed to working alongside communities and partners who are serious about reducing it.