Discrimination against the poor has an impact on poverty at an international, national, and personal levels
The effect of aporophobia, and therefore the potential implications of this study, can be described at a macro-global, meso-national and micro-individual levels. From a macro-international perspective, the so-called “developing” countries are considered responsible for their fate, which contributes to the lack of action of global stakeholders towards an equilibrium in areas such as international commerce and financial markets (1). At a meso-national level, aporophobia hinders the effective approval and implementation of poverty reduction measures by governments when the poor are unfairly blamed for their fate and therefore considered not deserving help (2), (3), (4), (5). Finally, at a micro-personal level, the self-depreciation of the poor constitutes an additional obstacle to improve their economic situation (6).