POVERTY RESOURCES

See also the topics Community Economic Development and Economics in the Encyclopedia.

WEBSITES

Center on Hunger and Poverty, Institute on Assets and Social Policy - Brandeis University

The Center was developed to address not only hunger, but its root cause - growing poverty and inequality in the US.

Global Issues That Affect Everyone

  
This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related.

MakePovertyHistory

PovertyNet 
PovertyNet provides an introduction to key issues as well as in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis, and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers and practitioners. 

U.S. Census Bureau - Poverty
Contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division (HHES) Information area at 301-763-3242 or visit

ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Payne, Ruby K. (2001). Framework for Understanding Poverty. Aha Process Inc.
Teaches the hidden rules of economic class and spreads the message that, despite the obstacles poverty can create in all types of interaction, there are specific strategies for overcoming them. Through case studies, personal stories and observations that produce some aha! moments, Payne provides a hopeful message.

Sachs, Jeffrey (2005). The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. Penguin Press HC.
Sachs has a plan to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by 2025. To do this, Sachs proposes nine specific steps, which he explains in great detail. He also shatters some persistent myths about poor people and shows how developing nations can do more to help themselves.

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