贫困,作为著名的“三P”问题之一,严重困扰着人类社会。各国人民一直在为摆脱贫困做不懈的努力,许多国际组织、国家政府也曾制定一些雄心勃勃的反贫困计划、学者们也不断提出种种发展理论。这些理论和实践对一些国家缓解贫困起了重要的作用,但并未使人类彻底摆脱贫困。据世界银行报告,世界上仍有1/5的人生活在贫困之中。因此,对贫困与反贫困的理论探讨将具有非常重要的现实意义。本文拟就贫困的基本问题如概念、标准、 Poverty, as one of the famous “three Ps” problems, has seriously plagued human society. People of all countries have been making unrelenting efforts to get rid of poverty. Many international organizations and national governments have also formulated some ambitious anti-poverty plans. Scholars have also constantly put forward various development theories. These theories and practices have played an important role in alleviating poverty in some countries, but have not brought humankind completely out of poverty. According to the World Bank report, one in five people in the world still lives in poverty. Therefore, the theoretical discussion of poverty and anti-poverty will have very important practical significance. This article will be on the basic issues of poverty such as concepts, standards,