concentrated poverty

collocation in English

meaningsofconcentratedandpoverty

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concentrated
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.sən.treɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈkɑːn.sən.treɪ.t̬ɪd/
using a lot of effort to succeed at one ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofconcentratedandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Data from two experimental studies confirm that some neighborhood characteristics, particularly theconcentratedpovertyand high crime that characterize innercity communities, seem to contribute to risk.
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They have immense difficulty bargaining for resources to address small areas ofconcentratedpoverty, poor health and had housing, which are typically at estate or sub-ward level.
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Rather than focusing solely on the socio-economic characteristics of neighborhoods, this scholarship to examining the social-interactive and institutional aspects produced throughconcentratedpoverty.
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Neighborhoods ofconcentratedpovertysuffer from lack of investment in both the physical infrastructure and human resources.
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Several critiques have been raised against this territorial category ofconcentratedpoverty.
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There is also evidence that these rehabilitation movements avoid displacement of the poor, who face the larger problem of disinvestment inconcentratedpoverty.
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However, many scholars are careful not to equateconcentratedpovertywith the underclass.
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Several scholars have questioned both the success and broader ability of such policy interventions as an adequate response toconcentratedpoverty.
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Wacquant also questions why it is that rural counties and suburban tracts are often left out of social science analysis ofconcentratedpoverty.
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This 40% threshold became the common definition ofconcentratedpovertyin policy and scholarly research.
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The main result of this reservation system history isconcentratedpovertyon the reservations.
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Risk at this level may be affected by factors such as the existence of a local drug trade, the absence of social networks, andconcentratedpoverty.
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This poverty not only affected inner cities, but continued to spread into the suburbs, extending the suburbanization trend ofconcentratedpovertyfirst noted in the 1990s.
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At the same time, the 40 percent benchmark used by the census and scholars to defineconcentratedpoverty does not refer to any adequately specified objective or subjective criteria.
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