An Analysis of Urban Poverty in the Cities of Kurdistan Province

Basically, people and poverty reduction in the country's economic well-being is one of the main objectives of economic development programs. One way of measuring poverty through economic indicators. The aim of this study was to answer the question that has been trends of poverty and extreme poverty in the urban areas of the province during the period (2008-2011)? The study, based on data from the Statistical Centre of Iran and the price of the food basket through the Central Bank achieved a 4-year period (90-1387). Inspired by the methods of relative poverty, absolute intensity has been investigated. Results show that inflation and average Ascending 6.9 recent and the cost of supplying standard food basket during the mentioned period has increased by about 32 percent. The results show that line relative average monthly urban growth using 35.3 percent had, the intensity of poverty relative to average growth method equivalent to 20.5 percent, the absolute poverty line using monthly average has increased 18 percen