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 ...

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 ...

Forty years after Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in his 1964 State of the Union address, nearly 35 million Americans still live below the line. More than 7 million families are in poverty.

Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 15.4 percent of rural Americans lived in poverty in 2007, well above the U.S. average and despite a modest rise in income for rural households, the government said on ...

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

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 report shows that rural poverty declined by 8.5 percentage points during the period, almost double the reduction seen in urban areas (4.6 percentage points). The World Bank attributes this to ...