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peripheral poverty  

Definition

  • PERIPHERAL POVERTY IS THE impoverishment of isolated or marginal areas. This conception of poverty can be used to examine poverty within a single nation or region or can be extended to examine the socioeconomic conditions of peripheral nations within the world system. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Peripheral Poverty]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RGX8WS10-3

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