"significant poverty" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe an unfortunate amount of poverty in a particular place or population. For example, "The inner-city region experiences significant poverty."
Agricultural development is also a significant poverty reduction tool.
I was brought up by a single mum, in significant poverty in Lancashire in Thatcher's Britain.
In the US, the number of older women living in significant poverty has rocketed by 18%.
Besides the environmental impacts of expanding agribusiness and poor forestry practices, unsustainable development in the Amazon has also led to significant poverty and social inequality, notably the highest concentration of slavery cases in Brazil.
DeFina (2008) studied female-headed households with kids and found negative and significant poverty reduction effects, and Sabia (2008, 2014) found negative but not significant poverty reduction effects for this group.
It is important to note that, policies towards addressing rural urban differences need to take cognisance of significant poverty levels that may exist in urban areas, especially in developing countries such as Ghana.
What lessons can we learn from the Peruvian experience that can be transferred to other countries with a significant rural poverty problem?
The rapid growth of cities in the Philippines has led to significant urban poverty [ 11], presenting specific challenges to the delivery and uptake of MNCH services amongst the poor.
With nearly 43 million recipients, SNAP represents one of the federal government's most significant anti-poverty programs, and congressional Republicans have frequently lamented growth in SNAP enrollment and spending over the last 15 years.
However, income support targeted on children is often of too low value to have a significant impact on poverty reduction "Child poverty should be the number one concern of governments in the region," said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS).
A significant race by poverty interaction (p < .001) was noted: poverty rate was associated with both outcomes among African Americans, but not whites.
