many households with one worker will be poor and in this scenario the working poor will account for the largest proportion of those in poverty while promoting the employment of second earners may help to alleviate poverty among couples policies which increase hours worked and promote earnings progression will also be crucial for poverty reduction particularly among singleadult households at present lowskilled groups have little chance of labour market progression meanwhile interventions to help those in lowpaid deadend jobs find better jobs in particular through the promotion of education and training could have a substantial influence on increasing wages and reducing poverty