Rural Poverty in Transition Countries
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 169/2006
46 Pages Posted: 29 Nov 2006
Date Written: February 18, 2006
Abstract
This paper uses new poverty data based on household level surveys to analyze changes in rural poverty and rural-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. The paper presents a series of hypotheses to explain differences across countries and changes over time.
Keywords: Rural poverty, Transition, Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union
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