Rural-Urban Poverty

On the basis of area poverty is classified into two ways. Such as, Rural poverty and Urban poverty. Actually, these two types of poverty are more or less same, but due to its locality we can find some differences between rural poverty and urban poverty.

Rural poverty: Rural poverty refers to the poor who live in rural area. Mainly the absolute poverty is seen in the rural area. On the basis of this assumption, we can find out some component of rural poverty. That’s are

•  Lack of sufficient employment opportunity
• Unable to maintain a minimum standard of living
• Lack of health facilities
• Inadequate educational support
• Poor housing pattern

Urban poverty: Urban poverty indicates the poor who live in urban area. Basically, the picture of relative poverty is clear in the urban area. From the definition, we can mention some component of urban poverty. That’s are

•  Lack of urban basic services
• Inadequate recreational facilities
• Socio-cultural backwardness
• No use of electricity
• Political weakness

From the above points, we can identify the differences between rural poverty and urban poverty in the following way;

• The urban poor are more vulnerable to changes in market conditions; cost of living is higher in urban area.
• Urban worker’s livelihoods depend on access to jobs, rural poor have better safety nets including network of relatives.
• Urban exchanges are more monetized, making asset ownership and credit availability more important.
• The ability of the informal urban sector to absorb the unemployment is limited.
• Female-headed household the most vulnerable of the poor are more common in the cities.
• The urban poor tend to pay more for services and live in more deplorable conditions.
• Exposure to environmental risks is greater in cities.
• The urban poor share fewer communal assets that could shield them from individual circumstances.