The Role of Leadership in Poverty Reduction: What Works?

Abstract

Leadership plays a crucial role in addressing poverty and promoting sustainable development (Chanda & Chitondo, 2024). Collective leadership can strengthen community resilience and enhance organizational performance (Arkedis et al., 2023). Through this research, we have identified the leadership characteristics and strategies that can be most effective in tackling the system of poverty. In our research, humble leadership stands out as an important leadership framework in poverty reduction efforts. Humble leadership has been found to build trust between leaders and their followers in an organizational setting (Cho et al., 2021). Our research emphasizes how it can be leveraged by the organizations and leaders working to address poverty