Poverty & unemployment books

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Why Mass Unemployment?: Its Hidden Causes and Outrageous Consequences and What Can be Done About it

Why Mass Unemployment?: Its Hidden Causes and Outrageous...

Author: Jack Stone ,  Joe McCraw
ISBN: 9781412087995
Format: Paperback
$55.10

This book exposes the hidden and other causes of mass unemployment. You will not only be appalled at knowing the...  Read More >>

Reading Southern Poverty between the Wars, 1918–1939

Reading Southern Poverty between the Wars, 1918–1939...

Author: Richard Godden ,  Martin Crawford
ISBN: 9780820327082
Format: Hardback
$118.67

These essays show that professed forces of change and modernization in the South—writers, photographers, activists,...  Read More >>

India's Undernourished Children: A Call for Reform and Action

India's Undernourished Children: A Call for Reform and...

Author: Michele Gragnolati ,  Meera Shekar
ISBN: 9780821365878
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Drawing on qualitative studies and quantitative evidence from large household surveys, this book explores the dimensions...  Read More >>

Education in Ethiopia: From Crisis to the Brink of Collapse

Education in Ethiopia: From Crisis to the Brink of Collapse...

Author: Tekeste Negash
ISBN: 9789171065766
Format: Undefined
$36.83

The main focus of the study is the deepening crisis of the Ethiopian education system. This study reconstructs the...  Read More >>

People in low-paid informal work: 'Need not greed'

People in low-paid informal work: 'Need not greed'

Author: Dennis Katungi ,  Emma Neale
ISBN: 9781861348920
Format: Paperback
$39.95

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Agency and Urgency: The Origin of Moral Obligation

Agency and Urgency: The Origin of Moral Obligation

Author: Thomas E. Wren
ISBN: 9780913750063
Format: Hardback
$57.95

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New Volunteerism

New Volunteerism

Author: Catherine Cavanaugh
ISBN: 9780870737800
Format: Hardback
$92.27

This unique volume is a case study of a successful and innovative program using case aide volunteers to deinstitutionalize...  Read More >>

Family Development in Three Generations: A Longitudinal Study of Changing Patterns of Planning and Achievement

Family Development in Three Generations: A Longitudinal...

Author: Reuben Hill
ISBN: 9780878552948
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Family Development in Three Generations is an unusual kind of multi-generational gathering--the result of a massive,...  Read More >>

Debt Relief for the Poorest: An Evaluation Update of the HIPC Initiative

Debt Relief for the Poorest: An Evaluation Update of...

Author: Shonar Lala
ISBN: 9780821366561
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Evaluates progress under the HIPC initiative since IEG's 2003 evaluation. This evaluation finds that the Enhanced...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Author: Mehmet A. Odekon
ISBN: 9781412918077
Format: Hardback
$1108.80

This encyclopedia is a collection of 750 articles in three volumes exploring the causes, history, and enduring effects...  Read More >>

Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals Module on Mental Health

Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes:...

Author: Who Regional Office for the Western Pacific ,  Who Regional Office for the Western Pacific
ISBN: 9789290612988
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Intended for use in pre-service and in-service training of health professionals. Divided into six sections, this...  Read More >>

Promises Not Kept: Poverty and the Betrayal of Third World Development

Promises Not Kept: Poverty and the Betrayal of Third...

Author: John Isbister
ISBN: 9781565492165
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Offers a discussion of the """"new American hegemony"""" and the """"war on terror"""". This work addresses changes...  Read More >>

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms: Lessons and Examples from Implementation

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms: Lessons...

Author: Aline Coundouel ,  Stefano Paternostro
ISBN: 9780821364864
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Provides lessons and examples of implementation of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of reforms. This volume...  Read More >>

Escaping Poverty's Grasp: The Environmental Foundations of Poverty Reduction

Escaping Poverty's Grasp: The Environmental Foundations...

Author: David Reed
ISBN: 9781844073719
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Despite decades of macroeconomic reforms, poverty reduction plans and rural growth strategies, poverty is persistent...  Read More >>

World Hunger Series 2006: Hunger and Learning

World Hunger Series 2006: Hunger and Learning

Author: United Nations World Food Programme
ISBN: 9780804755337
Format: Paperback
$41.95

This report, planned to be released annually, is about working through the real-life choices and practical constraints...  Read More >>

Focus on Poverty

Focus on Poverty

Author: Ralph V Brenos
ISBN: 9781600212314
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Collects a set of essays exploring the unavoidable issue of poverty. This book presents studies and opinions about...  Read More >>

Poverty and Inequality in the Era of Structural Reforms: The Case of Bolivia

Poverty and Inequality in the Era of Structural Reforms:...

Author: Julius Spatz
ISBN: 9783540308942
Format: Hardback
$237.47

Fueled by the ongoing debate about the distributive effects of the Washington Consensus, the dynamics of poverty...  Read More >>

Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty: Cases Studies Led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World

Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty:...

Author: Quentin Wodon
ISBN: 9780821366257
Format: Paperback
$30.95

States that taking into account the knowledge of the extreme poor and working in partnership with them is necessary...  Read More >>

Honduras and Beyond: A Memory of Inequality

Honduras and Beyond: A Memory of Inequality

Author: T Y Okosun
ISBN: 9781424132324
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Analyzing the Distributional Impact of Reforms, Volume Two: A Practitioners' Guide to Pension, Health, Labor Markets, Public Sector Downsizing, Taxation, Decentralization and Macroeconomic Modeling

Analyzing the Distributional Impact of Reforms, Volume...

Author: Aline Coudouel ,  Stefano Paternostro
ISBN: 9780821363485
Format: Mixed media product
$105.60

Provide an overview of the specific issues arising in the analysis of the distributional impacts of policy and institutional...  Read More >>

Civil Society and the War on Terror: This book highlights the drastic pressures being placed upon civil society, primarily in the name of northern security concerns.

Civil Society and the War on Terror: This book highlights...

Author: Kasturi Sen ,  Tim Morris
ISBN: 9781905240111
Format: Paperback
$33.51

The ways in which counter-terrorism measures have undermined ordinary peoples' livelihoods were the subject of debates...  Read More >>

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