Search results for Rural Poverty

The Fight Against Rural Poverty in Paraguay

Paraguay’s national poverty rate fell from 51.4% in 2003 to 24.7% in 2022, one of the most significant drops in Latin America over that period. That headline, however, only tells p...

Rural Poverty in Kazakhstan and Efforts to Bridge the Gap

Although Kazakhstan is the largest economy in Central Asia, economic inequality between the city and the village remains a significant problem. The country has experienced substant...

Addressing Poverty in Nigeria’s Rural Communities

While Nigeria has high growth potential, immense poverty exists in neglected areas. However, organizations like the Rural Poverty Reduction and Empowerment Initiative (RPREI) are d...

Poverty

Poverty is not just the absence of money but a complex social and economic condition that reflects inequality in society. It prevents people from meeting basic needs like food, she...

Poverty in the Sahel Region: Rural Neglect Versus Urban Bias

The WHO has described the north-central band of Africa below the Sahara Desert, known as the Sahel region, as a humanitarian crisis due to factors including poverty, instability an...

Survey: Rural voters, especially women, are 'deeply worried about the rising cost of living'

Graph by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder, from Lake Research and the Center for Rural Strategies dataThe fight for rural votes during this year's midterm Senate elections could be...

Everything You Need to Know About Poverty in Mexico

Poverty in Mexico remains a major social challenge that affects different groups disproportionately, even as the country has made noticeable progress in recent years. In 2024, 38.5...

Supporting Rural Communities in Tonga

The 104,175 citizens who inhabit the Kingdom of Tonga’s archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean face a multitude of challenges caused by environmental volatility, seismic activity a...

Half of All Rural Counties Are Losing Population. What Is Contributing to Those Declines?

Rural Britain is becoming ‘food desert’ for lower-income families, study finds

Closure of local shops and poor public transport leaves households struggling to access healthy and affordable food‘Absolutely beautiful’ but no shops for miles: the Cotswolds’ rur...

How Broadband Internet Reduces Rural Poverty in the Philippines

In the Philippines, geography has long stood between rural communities and the digital economy. Made up of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines has had difficulty remaining ful...

Addressing Housing and Urban Poverty in Vietnam

Throughout the 21st century, Vietnam has focused on improving the living standards of its population. More specifically, Vietnam’s government has actively worked to eradicate hunge...

Proactive Poverty Reduction in China

China, a vast and diverse nation of 1.4 billion people, has a significant recent history of poverty alleviation. Between 1981 and 2013, the country lifted about 850 million of its...

Survey: Seniors, rural residents and renters face the 'devasting impact' of inflation

Rising gas and grocery costs hit lower-income Americans harder. (Photo by rc.xyz NFT gallery, Unsplash)Even before the Iran war, seniors and rural families were struggling to affor...

Liberia: Liberians Face Deepening Poverty

[New Dawn] About 52.9% of Liberians are multidimensionally poor, facing deprivations in health, education, and living standards, according to the 2024 Multidimensional Poverty Inde...

Economic Concerns Are Top-of-Mind for Rural Battleground Voters, New Poll Shows

Poverty Reduction in Cuba

While poverty reduction in Cuba has been at the forefront of its government’s policies since the 1959 revolution, poverty, food insecurity and inequalities in universal services st...

At-Risk Communities Shortchanged by Rural Health Transformation Program, Research Shows

Commentary: Philanthropies Need to Invest and Build Roots in Rural America

I grew up in rural America. My home county in South Dakota spans more than 2,800 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, but its population density amounts to just one per...

Food insecurity spreads across IN suburbs and rural areas

Indiana hunger is rising as more working families struggle to put food on the table.The issue is simple: Costs keep climbing while wages lag and support programs are shrinking.Kate...

Madhubani Art and Poverty in Bihar

According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), the Indian state of Bihar is the most impoverished state in terms of multidimensional poverty. Poverty in Bihar goes beyond a...

Poor delivery of schemes, lack of support for farm sector, major talking points in Madurantakam constituency

Farmers say that during the peak season, the DPCs find it difficult to process and move the large volume of paddy that they deposit there. Payments are often delayed too, sometimes...

Rural Women call for more support for mental health

Rural Women New Zealand's president says struggles with mental health and wellbeing had always affected the community, but the problem has grown.

Child Poverty in Panama Through One Woman’s Story

People often use percentages to measure child poverty in Panama. However, it also shows up in the choices families make regarding school, work and survival. The Borgen Project spok...