International Comparisons in Fighting Poverty: The Poverty Stoplight Program in South Africa, the UK, and the US

ABSTRACT This study compares international experiences in how the poor are fighting poverty. The study data are derived from clients participating in the Poverty Stoplight program where clients create the set of indicators defining multidimensional poverty. Clients then create a plan to change a set of indicators in order to raise themselves out of poverty. By comparing efforts across three countries, the study analyzes the diversity of contexts in light of the United Nations sustainable development goal to ”end poverty in all its forms everywhere” that must necessarily account for this diversity.