You may be surprised to hear this, but the root cause of poverty today is old capitalism. In other words, capitalism as we know it works for only the top economic 10% of the population. The rest are struggling, or have zero net worth.
The majority of the population are spectators in old capitalism, not active participants. They are like fans at a soccer match.
The answer to worldwide poverty is
WeMSA Capitalism, a new and improved version that makes everyone a winner. WeMSA Capitalism ensures that everyone has an active stake in capitalism. Each family's wealth grows from generation to generation and forever.
One example: In WeMSA Capitalism everyone owns a part of several profitble businesses that pay regular dividends. That takes care of retirement needs, etc.
You can see more information at
http://www.wemsa.org