Poverty: High Rates of Poverty Unresponsive to Economic Expansion

Thepreviouschaptershavedocumentedthewinners andlosersinthehighlyuneveneconomicexpansionofthe 1980s.Thischapterfocusesontheexperienceofthepoorestmembersofsociety:thosepersonsandfamilieswhose economicsituationsarethemostprecarious.