Poverty Issues
A collection of research resources about poverty: research publications, data sets, and presentation files.
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Social and Political Forces as Determinants of Poverty: A Spatial Analysis
Many state and federal initiatives to combat poverty focus on education, job training and affordable housing for residents. But a recent study reveals the influence of social and political factors on the amount of poverty in a county. November 2007.
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County Poverty Data for the Northeast: 1980, 1990, 2000
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Big Boxes and Local Economic Development: What the Science Says
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Resources from the 2005 Rural Poverty Conference
This conference explored the causes and effects of rural poverty in the Northeast and what needs to be known in order to design more effective policies. Other conference goals were to facilitate future research collaborations, and to contribute to the evolution of a national rural poverty research agenda about causes and effects of rural poverty and the design of effective policies.