World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-02-01978-0-8213-8207-3https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2436Many of the poorest Argentines are invisible in official statistics. Four million rural residents and another 12 million in small urban areas lie outside the reach of the Permanent Household Survey (EPH), which is the basis for poverty figures and most data on social conditions in the country. According to the best estimate, roughly a third of rural residents, more than a million people, live in poverty. The urban bias common too many countries have been accentuated by the lack of data on the rural poor. With little information on their condition, it is exceedingly difficult for policy makers to design policies and programs to help move people out of poverty. The report is organized as follows: chapter one profiles rural poverty base on the limited existing data, including the first in-depth analysis of rural poverty ever conducted with the 2001 population census. Chapter two presents findings from the new qualitative study of the rural poor conducted in the first half of 2007. Finally, chapter three concludes with a discussion of methodology for rural poverty analysis, focusing on the issues related to expanding the EPH to full national coverage.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACCESS TO SCHOOLSACCESS TO SERVICESADOLESCENTSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SERVICESAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL WORKERSBASIC HEALTHBASIC HEALTH SERVICESBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBASIC NEEDSBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESCENSUSESCITIESCOMMUNITIESCONFLICTCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION BASKETCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION MEASURECULTURAL VALUESDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEPENDENCY RATIODESCRIPTIONDIETDISABILITYDISCRIMINATIONDISSEMINATIONDIVERSIFICATIONDWELLINGSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT SOURCEEXTENDED FAMILIESEXTENDED FAMILYEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY TIESFARM EMPLOYMENTFARMERFARMERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIREWOODFOOD BASKETFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEGENDERGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE ACCESSHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH PROBLEMSHIGH FERTILITY LEVELSHIGH FERTILITY RATEHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD NUMBERHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHOUSING CONDITIONSILLITERACYILLNESSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME GENERATIONINCOME QUINTILEINDICATORS FOR POVERTYINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDIGENOUS POPULATIONSINHABITANTSLABOR MARKETLACK OF KNOWLEDGELEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFESTYLESLIVELIHOOD STRATEGIESLIVING CONDITIONSLOCALITIESLOW FERTILITYMARITAL STATUSMIGRANTSMILKMINORITYMODERNIZATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POPULATIONNATIONAL POVERTYNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF WOMENNUMBER OF WORKERSNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOLD AGEOVERCROWDINGPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOOR RURAL PEOPLEPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION CENSUSESPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STATISTICSPOTABLE WATERPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRATES OF URBANIZATIONREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL PATTERNSREGIONAL VARIATIONREMITTANCESREMOTE AREASREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIESRISK OF INFECTIONRUNNING WATERRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DRINKING WATERRURAL DWELLERSRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL ISSUESRURAL LABORRURAL LIFERURAL MIGRATIONRURAL POORRURAL POOR HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATION GROWTHRURAL POPULATION GROWTH RATESRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONRURAL REGIONSRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL SECTORRURAL TOWNSRURAL WORKERSSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL-AGE CHILDSECONDARY SCHOOLSERVICE PROVISIONSEXSEX RATIOSEX RATIOSSMALL FARMSSMALL TOWNSSMALLER HOUSEHOLDSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESTECHNICAL SKILLSTEMPORARY MIGRATIONURBAN AREASURBAN BIASURBAN CENTERSURBAN DWELLERSURBAN POPULATIONVEGETABLESWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE MEASUREWOMANWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8207-3