Poverty & unemployment books

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Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship

Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship...

Author: David Hemson ,  Kassim Kulindwa
ISBN: 9781842779613
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Uses a global spread of case studies to illustrate that water is not simply an issue of physical scarcity, but a...  Read More >>

Culture and Welfare State: Values and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective

Culture and Welfare State: Values and Social Policy...

Author: W Van Oorschot ,  M Opielka
ISBN: 9786611779450
Format: Electronic book text
$739.20

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Minding the Gaps: Integrating Poverty Reduction Strategies and Budgets for Domestic Accountability

Minding the Gaps: Integrating Poverty Reduction Strategies...

Author: Vera A Wilhelm ,  Vera A Wilhelm
ISBN: 9781281099792
Format: Undefined
$79.15

By integrating their poverty reduction strategies, national budgets, and the corresponding reporting processes,...  Read More >>

The Converging World: How one community's path to zero waste is helping save our planet

The Converging World: How one community's path to zero...

Author: John Pontin
ISBN: 9780749951702
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A revolutionary solution to global warming - that's already working  Read More >>

Food and the Poor: How Can Democratic Local Governments Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa

Food and the Poor: How Can Democratic Local Governments...

Author: United Nations: Capital Development Fund ,  Angelo Maliki Bonfiglioli
ISBN: 9789211262070
Format: Paperback
$35.95

UN publication sales number E.07.III.B.9.  Read More >>

Until It's Gone: Ending Poverty in Our Nation, in Our Lifetime

Until It's Gone: Ending Poverty in Our Nation, in Our...

Author: Scott C Miller
ISBN: 9781934583012
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Shows that the task of eliminating poverty is in the hands of each citizen. This book introduces the Circles Campaign,...  Read More >>

Fighting the Diseases of Poverty

Fighting the Diseases of Poverty

Author: Philip Stevens
ISBN: 9781412807449
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Public discussion of global healthcare issues is dominated by those who believe that top-down, government-driven...  Read More >>

A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean: The Strength of a Participatory Approach

A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean: The Strength...

Author: Juliette Melville ,  Eleanor Wint
ISBN: 9789766372781
Format: Paperback
$29.76

Reflects on the current approaches to the challenge of poverty reduction in the context of the findings of the qualitative...  Read More >>

Globalization and Poverty

Globalization and Poverty

Author: Paul Collier ,  Jan W. Gunning
ISBN: 9781845427696
Format: Hardback
$1846.80

This comprehensive collection, which brings together some of the most important published work on the subject, addresses...  Read More >>

The World I Imagine: A Creative Manual for Ending Poverty and Building Peace

The World I Imagine: A Creative Manual for Ending Poverty...

Author: Debbie Jordan
ISBN: 9781432718619
Format: Paperback
$31.55

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An End to Poverty?: A Historical Debate

An End to Poverty?: A Historical Debate

Author: Gareth Stedman Jones (c/o George Lucas at Inkwell Management)
ISBN: 9780231137836
Format: Paperback
$62.04

Tracing the historical evolution of debates concerning poverty, this book demonstrates that discussions about economic...  Read More >>

Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty...

Author: N. Kakwani ,  J. Silber
ISBN: 9780230004894
Format: Hardback
$316.80

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It...  Read More >>

Assessing the Poverty Outreach of Microfinance Institutions - A Case Study at Household and Regional Levels in Mexico

Assessing the Poverty Outreach of Microfinance Institutions...

Author: Meike Wollni
ISBN: 9783836466165
Format: Paperback
$168.96

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Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China: Methods and Applications

Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China: Methods...

Author: G. Wan
ISBN: 9780230538047
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This book explores trends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences, analyzing...  Read More >>

Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Concepts, Policies and Politics

Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Concepts,...

Author: Armando Barrientos ,  David Hulme
ISBN: 9786611976071
Format: Electronic book text
$575.52

Social protection is fast becoming a key theme in development policy. This book, now in paperback, examines the...  Read More >>

Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts

Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and...

Author: Kathleen Callanan Martin
ISBN: 9786611976385
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who...  Read More >>

Out of Poverty. What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail.

Out of Poverty. What Works When Traditional Approaches...

Author: Paul Polak
ISBN: 9781576754498
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Exposes the top 3 things that we are doing wrong in our efforts to end the root causes of poverty. This book details...  Read More >>

Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought

Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought

Author: Sharon K. Vaughan
ISBN: 9780739122686
Format: Hardback
$208.53

The number of people who live in poverty has always far exceeded the number who do not. Poverty, Justice, and Western...  Read More >>

World Poverty Issues

World Poverty Issues

Author: Jerald D Finn
ISBN: 9781604560572
Format: Hardback
$344.11

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When Blacks Were Green

When Blacks Were Green

Author: Karla J Cooper
ISBN: 9780979658624
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Reduce, reuse, and recycle is not a new concept. Many Black Americans have been doing this out of necessity for...  Read More >>

Poverty and Water

Poverty and Water

Author: David Hemson ,  Kassim Kulindwa
ISBN: 9786611798185
Format: Electronic book text
$575.26

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Alleviating Poverty Through Business Strategy

Alleviating Poverty Through Business Strategy

Author: Charles Wankel (St. John's University)
ISBN: 9781281976901
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty....  Read More >>

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time...

Author: Professor Jeffrey D Sachs ,  Malcolm Hilgartner
ISBN: 9780143143048
Format: Audio
$131.87

A landmark exploration of the roots of economic prosperity and the escape from extreme poverty for the worlds poorest...  Read More >>

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