The Invisible Poor : A Portrait of Rural Poverty in Argentina

Many of the poorest Argentines are invisible in official statistics. Four million rural residents and another 12 million in small urban areas lie outside the reach of the Permanent Household Survey (EPH), which is the basis for poverty figures and most data on social conditions in the country. According to the best estimate, roughly a third of rural residents, more than a million people, live in poverty. The urban bias common too many countries have been accentuated by the lack of data on the rural poor. With little information on their condition, it is exceedingly difficult for policy makers to design policies and programs to help move people out of poverty. The report is organized as follows: chapter one profiles rural poverty base on the limited existing data, including the first in-depth analysis of rural poverty ever conducted with the 2001 population census. Chapter two presents findings from the new qualitative study of the rural poor conducted in the first half of 2007. Finally, chapter three concludes with a discussion of methodology for rural poverty analysis, focusing on the issues related to expanding the EPH to full national coverage.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010-02-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ADOLESCENTS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTH SERVICES, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CENSUSES, CITIES, COMMUNITIES, CONFLICT, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION BASKET, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION MEASURE, CULTURAL VALUES, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DESCRIPTION, DIET, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, DISSEMINATION, DIVERSIFICATION, DWELLINGS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT SOURCE, EXTENDED FAMILIES, EXTENDED FAMILY, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY TIES, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARMER, FARMERS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FIREWOOD, FOOD BASKET, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, GENDER, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HIGH FERTILITY LEVELS, HIGH FERTILITY RATE, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD NUMBER, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HOUSING CONDITIONS, ILLITERACY, ILLNESS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME QUINTILE, INDICATORS FOR POVERTY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, INHABITANTS, LABOR MARKET, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFESTYLES, LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCALITIES, LOW FERTILITY, MARITAL STATUS, MIGRANTS, MILK, MINORITY, MODERNIZATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POPULATION, NATIONAL POVERTY, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NUMBER OF WOMEN, NUMBER OF WORKERS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD AGE, OVERCROWDING, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POOR, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, POOR RURAL PEOPLE, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION CENSUSES, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION SIZE, POPULATION STATISTICS, POTABLE WATER, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RATES OF URBANIZATION, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL PATTERNS, REGIONAL VARIATION, REMITTANCES, REMOTE AREAS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIES, RISK OF INFECTION, RUNNING WATER, RURAL, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL DRINKING WATER, RURAL DWELLERS, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL ISSUES, RURAL LABOR, RURAL LIFE, RURAL MIGRATION, RURAL POOR, RURAL POOR HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATION GROWTH, RURAL POPULATION GROWTH RATES, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL REGIONS, RURAL RESIDENTS, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL TOWNS, RURAL WORKERS, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL-AGE CHILD, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SERVICE PROVISION, SEX, SEX RATIO, SEX RATIOS, SMALL FARMS, SMALL TOWNS, SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TEMPORARY MIGRATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN BIAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN DWELLERS, URBAN POPULATION, VEGETABLES, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE MEASURE, WOMAN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN,
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