The distribution of poor population by area of residence also shows that poverty is commoner in urban than in rural areas and that it is declining more rapidly in rural areas.

Proposal concerning rural poverty and natural resources

It has one in three of its children living in poverty, and it's what is referred to as a rural ghetto.

Poverty still exists in rural and urban areas.

Rural poverty remains a significant problem, especially in the LDCs and South Asian subregion, with close to 500 million rural poor.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

First, the rural poor must be understood in their own context.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Both overall poverty and extreme poverty are concentrated in rural areas, which are home to 76 per cent of the poor population. A combined method analysis of the figures shows that poverty is more prevalent among women and among the inactive or unemployed population (International Foundation for Global Economic Development, 2002).

The rural poor had become the urban poor, and in the process, they'd become invisible.

But also we do not want to relegate to poverty in the rural areas.

There is a special emphasis on those who are disadvantaged, such as poor and rural youth.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

The issue of rural women's economic empowerment had become increasingly central to the Fund's mission to enable the rural poor to overcome poverty.

Structure of rural poverty, by gender and region, 1998 2001

Illicit cultivation continues to be intricately related to poverty in rural areas.

That increase will benefit mostly the rural population and the poorest.

Poverty and ethnic and cultural disparities are not confined to rural areas, however.

All the surveys and studies conducted in Nicaragua, whether by the Government or by private institutions, indicate that poverty is highly concentrated in rural areas, which are home to 61.7 per cent of the country's non indigent poor population and 76 per cent of its indigent population.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

So Bertie County is not only very rural it's incredibly poor.

According to the report, needy rural women qualified for a State pension.

The reduction of rural poverty was critical to ensuring sustainable human development.

As 75 per cent of the world's poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the main stay of the economy, raising agricultural productivity has real impact on poverty reduction.

The percentages of the population living in households in the above mentioned categories are as follows

The poorest segment of the rural population must be given increased access to land, technology and credit.

Given that 70 per cent of people in extreme poverty live in rural areas, renewed focus should be placed on rural and agricultural development.

The national poverty gap, the average person's level of consumption below the poverty line, is 29 per cent, while the depth of poverty is concentrated in the rural areas.

Recognizing that, in the elaboration of national and international development strategies, consideration needs to be given to the impact of poverty, especially in rural areas, on the conditions of persons with disabilities,

Table 18 Poverty structure of households in rural areas, by sex of head of household

In fact, the poorest areas were not rural areas but areas adjacent to large cities.

C. Improving access by the rural poor to modern forms of energy, including power

In this scope, specific policy related rural poor household level research is now being conducted in Africa and Latin America, which aims at developing more appropriate rural poverty eradication strategies.

Rural Women and Poverty

58. IFAD was proud of its achievements in financing innovative projects designed to alleviate rural poverty.

The TAG programme is a vehicle of collaboration between IFAD, centres of excellence and the rural poor.

Noting that hundreds of millions of women worldwide live in poverty and that the majority of poor women throughout the world live in rural areas, where their livelihoods are dependent on subsistence and smallholder agriculture,

Thus, millions of people living in rural areas cross the threshold of absolute poverty every day.

IFAD believed that the rural poor were in that situation not because they were inefficient but rather for reasons beyond their control.

The Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy (Guate Solidaria Rural), which is part of the Guate Solidaria component, is the principal mechanism for combating poverty.

In poor rural areas, WFP uses food for work projects, especially during periods when hunger is most prevalent the agricultural lean season.

Energy poverty is a barrier to sustainable development for many poorer rural communities in all regions of the world.

More than 3 million deaths per year are attributed to water pollution and poor sanitation, mainly in poor rural areas.

Poverty was still the biggest concern confronting most Filipinos, and it affected rural women in particular.

The incidence of poverty is higher in rural than in urban areas (54 per cent of rural and 30 per cent of urban households can be classified as poor).