The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level.

This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys - for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - and several thematic studies examining land, labour, rural financial markets, the environments, and disadvantaged groups. Recognizing the heterogeneity within the rural economy, the studies characterize three important groups - small farmers, landless farm workers, and rural non-farm workers - and provide quantitative and qualitative analyses of the determinants of household income.

This paper analyzes poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh using a nationally representative panel dataset of 5,260 rural households interviewed in 2011/12 and 2015. We find that education, savings, assets, non-farm employment, substantial safety net transfers, and women’s empowerment are key factors in breaking persistent poverty; and savings, non-farm engagement, and substantial safety net transfers prevent households from falling into poverty. The results are consistent across multinomial logit, logit, and simultaneous quantile regression models. Thus, policies and programs that address the determinants of persistent and transient poverty identified in this study hold promise for sustained poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh.

The Punjab Model Of Agricultural Development Has Evoked A Keen Interest And Curiosity On A Wide Scale. Some Researchers Observe That The Benefits Of The Agricultural Development Have Not Reached The Weaker Sections In The Rural Areas Of The Punjab. In This Backdrop, The Objective Of The Present Study Is To Examine The Dynamics Of Rural Poverty Prevailing Among Agricultural Labourers, Marginal Farmers And Small Farmers. It Elaborately Examines The Sources, Composition And Patterns Of Income And Consumption; And Magnitude And Determinants Of Indebtedness Of Agricultural Labourers, Marginal Farmers And Small Farmers In Differentially Developed Regions Of The Punjab.The Painstaking Study Yielded That Agricultural Labourers Are Enjoying A High Level Of Living Vis-À-Vis Marginal Farmers. The Proposition Of Persons Below The Poverty Line Has Been Found To Be The Highest In The Case Of Marginal Farmers And This Proportion Was The Highest In The Least Developed Region. In General, It Appears That The Extent Of Poverty Is Inversely Related To The Productivity Levels Of The Regions But The Magnitude Of Indebtedness Is Directly Related To The Productivity Levels Of The Different Regions Of Punjab.The Book Will Be Of Immense Value To The Students And Research Scholars Of Economics And Sociology Besides The Academics And Policy Planners In The Field. And It Will Enrich The Valuable Collection Of Every Library.

America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it about the geography, demography, and history of rural communities that keeps them poor? In a comprehensive analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, Rural Poverty in the United States looks at access to human and social capital; food security; healthcare and the environment; homelessness; gender roles and relations; racial inequalities; and immigration trends to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. Contributors to this volume incorporate approaches from multiple disciplines, including sociology, economics, demography, race and gender studies, public health, education, criminal justice, social welfare, and other social science fields. They take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and use their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans for years to come. These essays work hard to define rural poverty's specific metrics and markers, a critical step for building better policy and practice. Considering gender, race, and immigration, the book appreciates the overlooked structural and institutional dimensions of ongoing rural poverty and its larger social consequences.