Economic empowerment means making the health care available for everyone, making loans accessible to all classes, providing free education to lower-class people, etc. So it brings a noticeable impact on society thus reducing poverty in the long run.

But the reality is different, all those things are exclusive to the upper class,
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Some of those things may not be for the upper class alone but just be sure that if it is easily accessible for all then they would have already reduced the standards.
It's hard to find a country that provides social economic, development and everyone will benefit from it.
It is very important to try to escape poverty and be as much as possible less independent on the government, this is a good way to approach things.