Poverty & unemployment books

Contributors to the book are scholar-practitioners from Asia as well as Australia, Canada, and the United States....  Read More >>

This volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs...  Read More >>

Aims to support the efforts of economic analysts and practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa who are working to design...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging review of the literature relating to poverty and ethnicity has identified the stark differences in...  Read More >>

Featuring first-person accounts from the poor themselves as well as from charity and government workers and other...  Read More >>

Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on...  Read More >>

A prize-winning investigative expose of the poverty and injustice experienced by China's 900 million peasants,...  Read More >>

A daunting challenge to the international community is how to go about lifting the world's huge poor population...  Read More >>

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A critique of the way powerful institutions support economics and politics that sustain poverty and keep the rich...  Read More >>

Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large...  Read More >>

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Medieval and early modern sources dealt regularly with the problem of ""poverty"". The term poverty often referred...  Read More >>

Introduces a framework for social analysis in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis along with a set of practical tools...  Read More >>

An account of work transforming the life of the street children of Guatemala, this work includes positive stories...  Read More >>

STRUGGLING BLACK AMERICANS are those most heavily burdened by the effects of slavery, by on-going racism, and by...  Read More >>

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Uninsured risk has far reaching consequences for rural growth as well as poverty reduction. While there are a range...  Read More >>

Conflict and political instability have weakened Guinea-Bissau's productive infrastructure considerably during the...  Read More >>

Includes hundreds of letters which paint a bleak and accurate portrait of the female experience among Floridians...  Read More >>

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Building on Amartya Sen’s famous claim that no famine has ever occurred in a democratic country, this volume examines...  Read More >>

The manuscript records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor are the most extensive collection of documents related...  Read More >>