According to a study from the World Bank, global poverty is unequally distributed among urban and rural areas: four out of five people with income below the poverty line live in rural regions.

In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the ...

In rural America, pregnant people experience substantial health inequities, putting them at risk for maternal morbidity and mortality. New data from Michigan Medicine suggests these rural–urban ...

Researchers theorize that a greater incidence of two-parent households may explain the “rural advantage” in household income that children from rural areas have compared to their urban counterparts.

This story was originally published by the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and was produced through a collaboration with Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Explore how a powerful Super El Niño event is driving up food prices, depleting water reservoirs, and deepening economic ...

India has lifted an estimated 496 million people out of poverty between 2011 and 2023, recording one of the world's fastest ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - A non-profit organization compiles annual statistics that break down the economic outlook of families in Louisiana. The United Way of Northwest Louisiana spoke about ...