When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, aid organizations worldwide struggled to identify vulnerable households quickly and fairly.

One of the federal government’s key indicators of economic distress – one that shows that rural counties are disproportionately suffering economically – is disguising persistent, intergenerational ...

Rural child poverty is at its highest level since the mid-1980s, according to two recently released USDA Reports: Rural America at a Glance, 2013 Edition and Rural Poverty & Well-being. Like the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There is a serious discussion taking place in Columbus right now concerning how we fund education in Ohio. Countless economic studies have produced uncontroverted data that ...

The rural/urban divide is too simplistic to apply to real lives, says a researcher who studies political and social divisions. Flagship universities, where a wide range of students meet, could be one ...

A small, independent grocery store in southwest Iowa relies on federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds for about a fifth of its annual revenue. A new report from the USDA shows SNAP ...

Food Security Index praises resilience of women in rural areas who are turning to small-scale farming and local food networks ...

Poverty rate surges to 28 percent nationwide Extreme poverty climbs above 9 percent mark Urban poverty jumps to nearly 20 percent Only 4 percent safety nets target urban poor Inflation, high rents ...

Composite indices have been prominently used in poverty research. However, validity of these indices remains subject to debate. This paper examines the validity of a common type of composite poverty ...

Mark Shucksmith, professor of planning at Newcastle University, Jane Atterton, senior lecturer and manager of the Rural Policy Centre at Scotland's Rural College and Jayne Glass, researcher in ...