As part of his eight-state tour focusing on poverty, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is scheduled to stop in rural Kentucky, where writer and rural advocate Dee Davis has witnessed the ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Documentary filmmakers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing discuss the underlying causes of the opioid ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Friday marks one year since an EF2 tornado hit Selma. Since then it has been all hands on deck as they move forward in the recovery efforts. In the midst of the devastation one ...

Explore China's rural revitalization efforts, showcasing poverty alleviation, local spirit, and sustainable development in ...

An Aug. 27 article in the New York Times (“The Geography of Unequal Recovery”) unequivocally presented evidence that the rural counties of Pennsylvania have not recovered economically from the COVID ...

According to the 2023-24 fractile distribution, the poverty rate in rural areas has dropped to 4.86 per cent, while urban areas report an even lower figure of 4.09 per cent. A report by the State Bank ...

The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve, among other things, culture, climate, gender, markets, and public policy. Likewise, the rural poor are quite diverse both in ...