Concentrated poverty has been said to impose a double burden on those that confront it. In addition to an individual …

The ongoing problem of urban poverty has resisted almost all attempts at finding a solution. This paper proposes that … by mobilizing the available labor in a poor urban neighborhood, poverty can be alleviated. This will require a motivated …

Given the recent rise of poverty in American suburbs, this study asks: What poor neighborhoods are most disadvantageous …

People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as …-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a ?poverty exposure bias? and finds support … households, suggesting that different mechanisms?such as land scarcity?are more important drivers in urban areas. The poverty …