Rural Poverty

Author : Ann R. Tickamyer,Jennifer Sherman,Jennifer Warlick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231544719

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Rural Poverty in the United States by Ann R. Tickamyer,Jennifer Sherman,Jennifer Warlick Pdf

America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it about the geography, demography, and history of rural communities that keeps them poor? In a comprehensive analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, Rural Poverty in the United States looks at access to human and social capital; food security; healthcare and the environment; homelessness; gender roles and relations; racial inequalities; and immigration trends to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. Contributors to this volume incorporate approaches from multiple disciplines, including sociology, economics, demography, race and gender studies, public health, education, criminal justice, social welfare, and other social science fields. They take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and use their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans for years to come. These essays work hard to define rural poverty's specific metrics and markers, a critical step for building better policy and practice. Considering gender, race, and immigration, the book appreciates the overlooked structural and institutional dimensions of ongoing rural poverty and its larger social consequences.

Author : R. López,A. Valdés
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780333977798

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Rural Poverty in Latin America by R. López,A. Valdés Pdf

This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys - for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - and several thematic studies examining land, labour, rural financial markets, the environments, and disadvantaged groups. Recognizing the heterogeneity within the rural economy, the studies characterize three important groups - small farmers, landless farm workers, and rural non-farm workers - and provide quantitative and qualitative analyses of the determinants of household income.

Author : Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849713139

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Markets and Rural Poverty by Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles Pdf

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Joy Clancy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781844077199

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Biofuels and Rural Poverty by Joy Clancy Pdf

Contributes to the global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries and in some poor rural areas of developed countries. This book looks at the production of biofuels from the role of biofuels in reducing rural poverty.

Author : Marcel Fafchamps
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 925104371X

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Rural Poverty, Risk and Development by Marcel Fafchamps Pdf

All men and women are subject to risk: illness, accident, death. Some shocks affect their ability to feed and support themselves properly, either temporarily: unemployment, crop failure, and loss of property; or permanently: disability, and skill obsolescence.This report summarises what is known and also what is not known about the sources of risk faced by the rural poor and their coping strategies. It examines the impact of risk and risk-coping strategies on development and the way in which governments and international organisations can assist in dealing with risk and overcoming poverty.

Author : Idriss Jazairy,Mohiuddin Alamgir,Theresa Panuccio
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814737545

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The State of World Rural Poverty by Idriss Jazairy,Mohiuddin Alamgir,Theresa Panuccio Pdf

Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.

Author : Kathleen Ann Pickering
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271048178

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Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty by Kathleen Ann Pickering Pdf

Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and academics from a broad range of disciplines have debated and researched the implications of welfare reform in the United States. Most of the attention, however, has focused on urban rather than rural America. Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty examines welfare participants who live in chronically poor rural areas of the United States where there are few job opportunities and poor systems of education, transportation, and child care. Kathleen Pickering and her colleagues look at welfare reform as it has been experienced in four rural and impoverished regions of the United States: American Indian reservations in South Dakota, the Rio Grande region, Appalachian Kentucky, and the Mississippi Delta. Throughout these areas the rhetoric of reform created expectations of new opportunities to find decent work and receive education and training. In fact, these expectations have largely gone unfulfilled as welfare reform has failed to penetrate poor areas where low-income families remain isolated from the economic and social mainstream of American society. Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty sheds welcome light on the opportunities and challenges that welfare reform has imposed on low-income families situated in disadvantaged areas. Combining both qualitative and quantitative research, it will be an excellent guide for scholars and practitioners alike seeking to address the problem of poverty in rural America.

Author : Frank Ellis,H. Ade Freeman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134296279

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Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies by Frank Ellis,H. Ade Freeman Pdf

This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries themselves. The book examines both macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena and contains wide range of case studies. Skilfully exposing the gap that exists between the rhetoric of poverty reduction strategies in capital cities and the practice of public sector delivery in rural areas, this key text will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers in the fields of rural development, rural livelihoods, poverty reduction strategies and Sub-Saharan Africa development as well as advisors and practitioners in international organizations.

Author : Paul Milbourne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134625550

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Rural Poverty by Paul Milbourne Pdf

Moving beyond the highly visual forms of poverty characteristic of the city, Rural Poverty explores the nature of poverty in rural spaces in Britain and America. Setting out key features, it highlights the important processes that hide key components of rural poverty. The book seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about the spatialities of poverty and the nature of rural spaces in Britain and America. Drawing on a broad range of new research material, the book challenges dominant assumptions. It provides a comprehensive and critical review of the nature of poverty in rural spaces, giving particular attention to: the scale, profile and causes of poverty in rural areas the spatial unevenness and local geographies of rural poverty the experiences of different forms of poverty in rural spaces the shifting governance of rural welfare at central and local spatial scales. Demonstrating that poverty represents a significant but neglected feature of rural life in Britain and America, this insightful book highlights the processes through which rural poverty remains hidden from the dominant gazes of poverty researchers and policy-makers, the statistical significance and spatial unevenness of poverty in rural areas, the ways in which poverty is experienced in local rural spaces, and the complex governance of welfare in rural spaces. Case study material is drawn from a wide range of locations, including Wiltshire, Northumberland and Hampshire in the UK and New England in the US.

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1589060067

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

Reviews causes of poverty in rural areas and presents a policy framework for reducing rural poverty, including through land reform, public works programs, access to credit, physical and social infrastructure, subsidies, and transfer of technology. Identifies key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 925102488X

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The Dynamics of Rural Poverty by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451850093

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are delineated and explained, including stable management of the macroeconomic environment, transfer of assets, investment in and access to the physical and social infrastructure, access to credit and jobs, and provision of safety nets. Finally, some guideposts are identified for assessing strategies to reduce rural poverty.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9251032114

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Rural Poverty Alleviation by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : M. Riad El-Ghonemy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136754463

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The Crisis of Rural Poverty and Hunger by M. Riad El-Ghonemy Pdf

M. Riad El-Ghonemy argues that if current trends in government-led and market based land reforms persist the rural poor population in developing countries will continue to rise.Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on persistent rural poverty, hunger and increased inequality in

Author : Joseph Mullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429785962

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Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods by Joseph Mullen Pdf

First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of poverty and interprets it across a range of policy reforms and project interventions in different geographical settings. It is the culmination of a cooperative effort between development academics and professionals from diverse national and disciplinary backgrounds, who came together for two events: 1) The Development Study Association’s Rural Development Study Group Symposium on the theme of the book’s title, hosted by the Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme at the University of Manchester’s Institute for Development Policy and Management. 2) The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Regional Workshop for East and Central Africa on Strategies for Poverty Reduction. The volume is underpinned by the conviction that it is morally and ethically repugnant that over 1.3 billion people live in conditions of endemic hunger and poverty while the wealth of a minority continues to increase exponentially. The authors offer wide ranging analysis of some of the causes of this situation, and of the efforts being made to eliminate or alleviate absolute poverty.