Conquering Urban Poverty

6. Reducing urban poverty in developing countries

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).

48. Migration to urban areas has been one consequence of continued rural poverty.

of population living in extreme poverty

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

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Despite differences in the status of women in poverty in rural and urban areas, poverty patterns and women apos s coping mechanisms are similar and the intergenerational transmission of poverty is high.

The bank has 38 branches, primarily concentrated in urban and semi urban areas.

A major consequence of the increasing poverty and inequality found in urban areas has been the rising level of crime, especially violent crime.

than in urban areas it is 27 to 12 per cent.

Most universities are located in urban areas.

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377. Urban unemployment is exacerbated by high levels of employment based rural to urban migration.

Public services are more critical to well being in urban areas and when access to them is lacking, poverty can be particularly acute.

54. UNIDO contributes to the creation of more equitable economic opportunities and to the alleviation of poverty by focusing more on economically disadvantaged regions within countries and by developing the full productive potential of rural areas and addressing the issue of urban poverty.

Of these, 248,964 (99.4 ) lived in urban areas and 1,384 (0.6 ) in rural areas.

As a result, extreme poverty, which has until now been more common in rural than in urban areas, will become increasingly an urban phenomenon.

It's the dependence on farm subsidies and under performing schools and higher poverty rates in rural areas than in urban.

Urban migration was often the only chance of a better life, but growing urban poverty was a cause for concern.

The issue is not urban poverty.

According to the RUAF Foundation, urban farming is different from rural agriculture because it is integrated into the urban economic and ecological system urban agriculture is embedded in and interacting with the urban ecosystem.

TB centers in urban areas outnumber those in rural areas.

The coverage is urban in all countries.

Similar disparities are apparent in urban rural comparisons where access averages 85 in urban areas and 19 in rural areas.

51. While the growth of urban areas has accelerated in Latin America and the Caribbean, rural poverty persists and in some areas has worsened in the past decade.

Deteriorating rural conditions have continued to prompt massive displacement of people and worsening urban poverty.

This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

About 85 of the population live in urban areas.

Responding to sanitation needs in urban and rural areas

Urban disasters and reconstruction

Percentage of population living in urban areas

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Of these, 1,952 (81.6 ) lived in urban areas and 440 (18.4 ) in rural areas.

According to the latest available data, the incidence of acute poverty is highest among the rural population (32 per cent), while acute poverty in urban areas was 9 per cent in 2004.

75 of the population is urban.

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They are coming from urban areas, from cities.

Table 3.4 Urban unemployment and working time in rural areas in 2001 ( )

The sex ratio was 106 in rural areas, compared to 91 in urban areas.

Population migration from rural to urban areas and within rural areas and urban areas continues to gather momentum.

Malawi continues to establish youth centres in urban and rural areas.

Percentage of literate women in urban and rural areas