Poverty and the Spatial Distribution of Rural Population

According to global spatial data sets in 2000 more than one-third of the rural population in developing countries was located on less favored agricultural land and areas. Less favored agricultural lands are susceptible to low productivity and degra...

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Main Authors:	Barbier, Edward B., Hochard, Jacob P.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO GOODS ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ARABLE LAND ARID LANDS AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH CHANGES IN POVERTY CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DATA SETS DEMOCRACY DENSITY FUNCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING REGION DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LETTERS EMPIRICAL RESULTS ERROR TERM ESTIMATED ELASTICITY ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPLAINING CHANGES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMING SYSTEMS FOOD POLICY GEOGRAPHIC POVERTY TRAPS GINI INDEX GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL POVERTY GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEADCOUNT POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROWTH INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCATION OF POPULATIONS MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOME GROWTH MEAN INCOMES MICRO MODEL MIGRATION NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES NATURAL CAPITAL 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR MARKET ACCESS POOR PEOPLE POOR SOIL QUALITY POPULATION GROUP POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TRAPS POVERTY-REDUCING GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL DUMMIES REMITTANCES REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RESPECT RULE OF LAW RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY SEMI-ARID REGIONS SOIL DEGRADATION SPATIAL ANALYSIS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION SPATIAL INEQUALITY SPATIAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION STANDARD DEVIATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TRADE OPENNESS WATER MANAGEMENT WELFARE INDICATOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20366891/poverty-spatial-distribution-rural-population http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20616