The 10-20-30 Plan and Persistent Poverty Counties

Dalaker, Joseph

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Poverty;    Federal aid programs;    Poverty research;    Rural economic development;   

RP-ID  :  R45100
RP-ID  :  R45100_2018Feb08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the 10-20-30 plan of reallocating funds in rural development programs toward counties with systemic poverty levels defined as 20% of the population being at or below poverty level for 30 years. This report explains why targeting funds to persistent poverty counties might be of interest, how "persistent poverty" is defined and measured, and how different interpretations of the definition and different data source selections could yield different lists of counties identified as persistently poor. This report does not compare the 10-20-30 plan's advantages and disadvantages against other policy options, nor does it examine the range of programs or policy goals for which the 1020-30 plan might be an appropriate policy tool.