Abstract
Eradicating world hunger and extreme poverty has been a high profile issue on the global development agenda. Yet the distribution of rural-urban poverty and the extent of its disparity remain unknown. To-date poverty has been regarded largely as a rural issue. The poverty rates are higher in the rural areas in almost all developing countries, and in aggregate terms most people still live in rural areas (World Bank, 2008). However, due to globalisation the population of even developing countries is urbanizing fast (UNDP, 2006). Would the locus of poverty move from rural to urban poverty? Would the urban share of poverty grow over time? Should future poverty '
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 228-244 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2010 |
