Sheldon Danziger
Sheldon Danziger
against last percent poverty progress range rates three
There has not been much progress against poverty over the last three decades. Poverty rates were in the 11 to 12 percent range from 1969 to 1979.
turned
I was surprised. I thought things would have turned around by now.
hit national region since
This region has been hit pretty hard, ... We were doing much better in the 1990s than the national average. But since 2000, we've been doing worse.