Collocations for poverty - noun

abject, absolute, extreme, grinding, severe | widespread | rural, urban

alleviate, combat, reduce | eliminate, eradicate
hoping to eradicate urban poverty

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

in ~
Most of the population lives in grinding poverty.

~ among
the true extent of poverty among the unemployed

~ of
His work displays a poverty of imagination.

below/on the poverty line
families living on incomes below the poverty line