Collocations for poverty - noun

abject, absolute, extreme, grinding, severe
widespread
global, world
rural, urban
child

alleviate, combat, fight, reduce
eliminate, end, eradicate
a plan to eradicate urban poverty

escape
his struggle to escape the grinding poverty of his childhood

trap
Caught in the poverty trap, they are unable to save money for business ventures.

rate
reduction

in poverty
Most of the population lives in grinding poverty.

poverty among
the true extent of poverty among the unemployed

poverty of
His work displays a poverty of imagination.

above/below/under the poverty level (AmE), above/below/under the poverty line
families living below the poverty line/level

at the poverty level (AmE), at the poverty line (AmE), on the poverty line (BrE)