Poverty & unemployment books

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Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty

Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and...

Author: Thomas Kiffmeyer (Morehead State University)
ISBN: 9781283233354
Format: Electronic book text
$105.60

The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational...  Read More >>

Combatiendo La Pobreza Con Hechos: Sistemas de Seguimiento Comunitario

Combatiendo La Pobreza Con Hechos: Sistemas de Seguimiento...

Author: Celia Reyes ,  Evan Due
ISBN: 9781282245198
Format: Electronic book text
$48.81

Durante mas de dos decadas, gobiernos y agencias de desarrollo alrededor del mundo se han concentrado en la reduccion...  Read More >>

Megacities

Megacities

Author: Kees And Koonings ,  Kees And Koonings
ISBN: 9781282473072
Format: Electronic book text
$271.21

For the first time in history, the majority of the world s population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process...  Read More >>

Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals

Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals

Author: Cindy Gordon ,  Jose Claudio Terra
ISBN: 9781282329164
Format: Electronic book text
$570.11

Thoughtful and provocative, 'Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals' illustrates the vast potential of corporate...  Read More >>

Strategic Information Technology and Portfolio Management

Strategic Information Technology and Portfolio Management...

Author: Petros Theodorou (Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece) ,  Albert Wee Tan
ISBN: 9781281953377
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

While much has been written about strategic information systems planning, the integration of strategic planning...  Read More >>

Hidden Millions, The. Housing and Society Series.

Hidden Millions, The. Housing and Society Series.

Author: Graham Tipple (Newcastle University, UK)
ISBN: 9781282016446
Format: Electronic book text
$435.60

Exploring the human context as well as policy and planning, this book looks at what actually happens to city dwellers...  Read More >>

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty...

Author: Raymond Fisman ,  Edward Miguel
ISBN: 9781282157439
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

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Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt

Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval...

Author: Mark R Cohen
ISBN: 9781282087835
Format: Electronic book text
$197.87

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions...  Read More >>

Designing Management Information Systems

Designing Management Information Systems

Author: Hans Van Der Heijden
ISBN: 9781282057852
Format: Electronic book text
$297.24

Management information systems (MIS) produce the information that managers use to make important strategic decisions....  Read More >>

Small Differences That Matter

Small Differences That Matter

Author: Richard B Freeman (Harvard University, USA) ,  David Card
ISBN: 9781282004788
Format: Undefined
$118.80

This volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labor markets in...  Read More >>

Welfare Reform and Its Long Term Consequences for America's Poor

Welfare Reform and Its Long Term Consequences for America's...

Author: Carol Martin Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics James P Ziliak (University of Kentucky)
ISBN: 9781282317901
Format: Undefined
$330.00

In Welfare Reform and Its Long Term Consequences for America s Poor, many of the nation s leading poverty experts...  Read More >>

Portfolios of the Poor

Portfolios of the Poor

Author: Daryl Collins ,  Jonathan Morduch (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)
ISBN: 9781282158603
Format: Electronic book text
$131.87

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive...  Read More >>

Boosting Paychecks

Boosting Paychecks

Author: Associate Professor of Public Policy Daniel P Gitterman (Univ of NC, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9781282546806
Format: Undefined
$60.59

When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally...  Read More >>

Putting Faith in Partnerships

Putting Faith in Partnerships

Author: Stephen V Monsma
ISBN: 9781282437685
Format: Undefined
$92.40

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Obesity: A Reference Handbook

Obesity: A Reference Handbook

Author: Alexandra Kazaks (Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science, Bastyr University) ,  Judith S Stern
ISBN: 9781282535510
Format: Electronic book text
$161.04

In this timely and revealing handbook, two of the foremost experts on obesity provide an up-to-date, scientifically...  Read More >>

Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]

Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical...

Author: Jyotsna Sreenivasan
ISBN: 9781282339583
Format: Electronic book text
$567.60

Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia looks at one of the most important and controversial...  Read More >>

Building Decent Societies: Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development

Building Decent Societies: Rethinking the Role of Social...

Author: Peter Townsend ,  Peter Townsend
ISBN: 9781282673809
Format: Electronic book text
$343.20

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Enterprise Systems for Management

Enterprise Systems for Management

Author: Luvai F Motiwalla ,  Jeff Thompson
ISBN: 9781282622470
Format: Electronic book text
$63.36

For undergraduate and MBA-level Enterprise Systems courses. Motiwalla teaches students the components of an...  Read More >>

Up and Out of Poverty: The Social Marketing Solution

Up and Out of Poverty: The Social Marketing Solution...

Author:
ISBN: 9781282674844
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

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Those Who Work, Those Who Don't: Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America

Those Who Work, Those Who Don't: Poverty, Morality,...

Author: Jennifer Sherman
ISBN: 9781299921962
Format: Undefined
$190.08

This work follows the stories of economic collapse in a Northern California town and explores what they tell us...  Read More >>

Stretched Thin

Stretched Thin

Author: Sandra Morgen ,  Joan Acker
ISBN: 9781322505442
Format: Electronic book text
$158.27

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The Illusion of Civil Society: Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico

The Illusion of Civil Society: Democratization and Community...

Author: Jon Shefner (University of Tennesse-Knoxville)
ISBN: 9780271033846
Format: Hardback
$135.00

Tells the story of how a poor community on the urban fringe of Guadalajara mobilized through an organization called...  Read More >>

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