MDC | Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity

What Moves

What Moves People in Poverty into the Middle Class?




Middle Class status is a function of:
  • 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?




Prosperous places are a function of:
  • 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
























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307 West Main Street
Durham, NC 27701-3215

Phone: 919.381.5802
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