The article analyses the poverty issue and its influence on unemployment level in Poland after the year 1989 till now. Author describes poverty reasons and its results especially on the rural areas. Possibility of the quick transformation of the Polish agriculture, which is connected with working force release and liquidation the issue of unemployment (both registered and hidden), is rather improbable. Solving the unemployment problem on the rural areas will depend on government policy, efficiency of macroeconomic regulations and local activities.

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