The unemployed continue to outweigh the employed and those living in abject poverty ... down to rural communities and local small businesses, they are counter intuitive to South Africa’s agenda ...

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 ...

Rural poverty is rife and has a big impact on students’ educational outcomes – but it often goes unnoticed by government ...

There has been a remarkable decline in rural poverty, which according to the Consumption Expenditure Survey, is estimated at 4.86 per cent in FY24 (7.2 per cent in FY23 and 25.7 per cent in FY12 ...

Ask Americans what parts of the country are the most poverty-stricken and they will probably talk about cities like Cleveland, Baltimore, and St. Louis. They aren’t likely to mention rural areas in ...

Rural poverty in India has notably dropped to 4.86% in 2023-24, down from 25.7% in 2011-12, driven by government support. Urban poverty also declined to 4.09%. Increased consumption and ...

These are the main findings: National poverty has stagnated while urban poverty is alarmingly on the rise. In 2022, 75.2% of the national population was poor: 79.9% in rural and 55.5% in urban areas.