October 28, 2014
More than half the counties in Mississippi have seen high rates of poverty for 30 years. The Jackson-based Mississippi Economic Policy Center will host a conference this week that aims to take a holistic approach to ending persistent poverty in the state.
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How to End Persistent Poverty
In Mississippi, he points out, half the state's 82 counties have experienced persistent poverty, where at least 20 percent of the people have lived in poverty for three decades.
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