How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it? About one-fifth of the world's population is afflicted by ...
What does the evidence suggest? Is the weight of the world's enormous poverty problem, historically a predominantly rural phenomenon, shifting to urban areas? Is urbanization good or bad from the ...
The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands ...
This text provides insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men ...