Two Types of Rural Poor Need Different Kinds of Help

Peggy J. Ross and Elizabeth S. Morrissey

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1987, vol. 04, issue 01

Abstract: When we think of "the poor, " we usually envision a segment of society living in a persistent state of social and economic deprivation. But the persistent poor make up only about a third of all the poor. The rest are temporarily poor because of sudden changes in their lives: loss of job or spouse, marital breakup, or illness. Since the needs of the two groups of rural poor are different, so too should be the programs to help them.

Keywords: Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310461

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