To the Editor: If money cured poverty, most Americans would give a year's salary to end poverty tomorrow.

Still, in South Africa, there is no quick fix when it comes to curing poverty.

Some doctors believe that, short of curing poverty, there may be no large-scale solution.

Community organizing, no matter how well funded by philanthropies, can't cure urban poverty or stop crime.

Oportunidades will never cure poverty in Mexico without major reforms to the country's labor market, Mr. Levy said.

He argues that 'points of light' provide a middle way between reliance on the welfare state and the belief that economic growth alone can cure deep poverty.

"What the plaintiffs are asking, and what we are asking the court not to do, is to create an affirmative obligation to cure poverty," he said.

The answer to curing poverty can't just be bigger government.

The answer to curing poverty can't be walking away from people.

The new Brooklyn has not cured poverty or solved related problems like inadequate schools.