MDC | Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity

What Moves People in Poverty into the Middle Class?

• Education that prepares people for work and advancement
• Access to economic opportunity
• Social supports that enable people to live economically rewarding lives
• Private and public policies that facilitate the above

What Moves Places Out of Poverty?

• Connections that overcome isolation and marginality
• Competitiveness of people, systems, and asset mix
• Community capacity, power, and social capital
• Policies that encourage investment, adaptation, and equity