In response, in 1997 the Taipei City Government began to sponsor a series of programs to eradicate poverty in the capital. By guaranteeing the right to subsistence, the right to health, the right to housing, the right to an education, and the right to work to low-income people, the city government hopes to enable citizens to become content with their life and to fight and escape poverty for good.
為了呼應聯合國計畫，台北市從一九九七年開始推動「首都掃貧運動」，從生存權、健康權、住宅權、受教權、工作權等各方面來保障低所得者，希望能達到「安貧、抗貧、脫貧」的三階段目標。