Poverty

A new Brookings Institution report shows that places of concentrated poverty are getting worse due to unsustained growth nationwide and the suburbanization of poverty. Authors Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube expound on the findings.

As millions of rural poor move into Chinese cities, the country's legal residency system is making life difficult for the illegal rural migrants.

As aid programs continue to focus on battling poverty in cities, suburban areas are becoming the new front lines.

This interactive map from The Guardian overlays recent incidences of rioting in greater London with levels of poverty.

The population of children in Germany continues to fall, and those that exist are increasingly in poverty.

Metropolitan poverty spreads from cities to the suburbs. This post from Metro Trends explains.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a new set of formulae that dramatically change the way poverty is determined in the U.S., leaving behind the one-size-fits-all approach in use since the 1960s.

Poverty is high and rising in rural areas across America. But there are also significant differences in the extent of that poverty, depending on the region.

The likelihood of being poor and what it’s like to be poor are different in different types of places, and which policies might work to reduce poverty also varies by type of place, says Bill Barnes.

A new community kitchen and pie-baking program in small town Alabama is trying to help a struggling and impoverished area rebound.

A Brookings Study of census data finds that since 2000, the number of poor people in the suburbs jumped by 37.4% to 13 million and "the growth rate of suburban poverty is more than double that of cities."

As the Commonwealth Games get underway in New Delhi, India, locals are upset that officials have made efforts to hide slum areas from the view of visitors.

Recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that poverty is at a high point in America. Hit especially hard is the Sun Belt.

The population of India's slums is expected to rise close to 100 million in 2011.

With the next World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics on their way, Rio de Janeiro is in the midst of a vast citywide regeneration campaign.

Jay Walljasper pays a visit to Detroit, and finds an intersection where wealth and Detroit's famous urban decay live cheek-by-jowl.

Redeveloping the slums of Rio de Janeiro has been on the city's agenda for decades. Despite the many challenges, some new efforts seem to be paying off.

Safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable public transport options could be integral in addressing inequality in Latin America.

Suburban areas are becoming hotbeds for rising poverty. Though migration has a role, much of the transition from middle class to welfare has been caused by the housing crisis and recession.

Next American City talks with the Brookings Institution's Elizabeth Kneebone about the growth of poverty in suburban areas.