Backed by experiments done in Africa and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households showing that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%, many members of the cycling industry promote bicycles for poverty alleviation, a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
Experiments done in Africa (Uganda and Tanzania) and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households have shown that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%. Besides advocating for greater safety, comfort, and convenience for bicyclists, many members of the industry promote bicycles for poverty alleviation. Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. 
