poverty urban rural http://nhpr.org en Urban Poverty vs Rural Poverty...Who's Better off? http://nhpr.org/post/urban-poverty-vs-rural-povertywhos-better <p>Urban Squalor, it’s an image of misery: barefoot kids picking through heaps of smoldering trash or fetid water. With an increasing number of people living in such conditions in the world’s mega-cities, the question of whether living in urban poverty is worse than rural poverty is a persistent one. Charles Kenny- economist and senior fellow at the center for global development wrote “<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/13/in_praise_of_slums"><em>I</em><em>n Praise of Slums</em></a>” an article published in Foreign Policy Magazine.</p> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:20:24 +0000 Virginia Prescott 12264 at http://nhpr.org Urban Poverty vs Rural Poverty...Who's Better off?