So, poor stays poor because they have urgent needs and can't work on themselves, they do not have the time for it or the capital for it neither. This is why it's quite important to get better at things with time.
This is just sad reality that we need to address. Poor people are getting more poorer while the riches are getting more richer day by day. This poverty of a thing is a self perpetuating that is very difficult to break out from once you're in the circle. We tend to blame the poors for not making plans without realizing that you need money to start making more money. Wealthy people have access to every resources that help them to make the most of their money. People struggling to meet their basic needs don't have resources to focus long term goals because their situation is just like that of chicken and egg. They need to improve their situation in order to improve their financial literacy but that's not possible without improving their financial literacy. You can see how confusing the scenario looks like. There is a need to address the root causes of poverty in our society to maintain balance and control inflation growth.
Whenever inflation begin to flow in a country, all you need to do is to reduce your expenses so that you will be able to survive through out the years the inflation will going to flow, because if you fail to work on your expenses during the inflation, there is no way you can escape the inflation and the hardship in the country.
Do you think reducing your expenses is an option here? When inflation strike, your income will barely get you half of what usually get with it before and by reducing the expenses, you mean reducing your daily consumption. It's like attempting to starve yourself which is not ideal. The best thing to do is to increase your means of income through other alternatives. At this current era we live in, I don't think people still rely completely on salary to survive unless you intend to be in debt until your retirement. Salary is not longer sustainable and that's why people are now turning down on salary jobs and prefer to be self employed.