The great divide: ‘ruralisation’ of poverty in Russia

Using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for the period 2000–2004 we investigate poverty trends in Russia. We find that urban poverty declines at twice the rate of rural poverty so that by 2004 poverty in Russia had become a largely rural phenomenon for the first time since transit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gerry, C, Nivorozhkin, E, Rigg, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2008