The 2006 National Census puts Nigeria’s population close to 150 million. Fifty two percent of which are women and about 45% of them live in the rural areas, the highest percentage of which are in the Northern part of the Country. As a developing country, the features that characterized the rural population in Nigeria include illiteracy, poverty, hunger, disease, and general absence of basic inf...

Abstract From 1979 to 2018, Chinaunderwentrapid urbanisation and large-scale population migration. As a result, the permanent urban increased by about 659 million, numbers of rural poor decreased 754 million. However, as migration from areas has increased, poverty reduced while is gradually increasing. The co-existence both poses new challenges development. In this chapter, we analyse character...

We report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world for the period 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. We find more mixed success in reducing the total number of poor. Indeed, the developing world outside China has seen little or no sustained progress in reduci...

the purpose of this study has been to study eterminants of growth, labor productivity and poverty in rural areas of iran. the contribution of agriculture and rural development to pro-poor growth.stem from many sources: it plays an important, and often a lead, role in the early stages of pro-poor growth. beyond its direct contribution to growth, a number of features specific to the sector enhanc...

The current study aimed at determining the Impact of Socio-Economic and Demographic Dimensions on increasing poverty in Jordan Madaba Governorate. Five hypotheses were set to be tested and to reach tangible results. The analytical descriptive method was used and the study depended on the field work to collect data through a specific questionnaire. The sample was drawn with 300 families using a ...

Australia's rural hospitals face most of the same issues and challenges faced by metropolitan hospitals. However they also face additional challenges around geographic isolation, their iconic status and role as major employers in local communities, and their close relationship with community based health services. Future opportunities include more formal integration with community service throu...

agriculture is an important engine of growth and poverty reduction in much of africa, nigeria inclusive. but the sector is underperforming in part because women, who are often crucial resource in agriculture and rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. an understanding of these constraints is a prerequisite to devising policies to improve agricultural production and produ...