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Globalization has contributed to the widening of the economic gap among countries and, in addition, people. Since the early days of this century, the gap between poor and wealthy countries continues to widen. Poverty, and its concomitant, social injustice, has become a critical issue in the agendas of states and international organizations. Poverty can be defined in different ways. In its simplest sense, poverty can be defined as “not possessing the necessities of life”; that is, not having enough food, fuel, shelter, or clothing to maintain physical efficiency (Heywood, 2014, p. 353). In 1995, the United Nations defined two types of poverty: absolute poverty and overall poverty.