Poverty & unemployment books

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Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality

Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality
Author: Elisa P Reis , Michael Peter Moore ISBN: 9786611259143 Format: Electronic book text	$662.11
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The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime

The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our...
Author: Jeffrey Sachs ISBN: 9780141018669 Format: Paperback	$32.99
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Debt for Sale: A Social History of the Credit Trap

Debt for Sale: A Social History of the Credit Trap
Author: Brett Williams ISBN: 9786613211255 Format: Electronic book text	$118.80
<p>After September 11, 2001 ordinary Americans were urged to shop. Patriotic shopping would thwart terrorists, celebrate... Read More >>

Poverty Targeting in Asia

Poverty Targeting in Asia
Author: John Weiss ISBN: 9781845421236 Format: Hardback	$285.00
Following a comprehensive overview by the editor, this book offers a detailed assessment of the results of directly... Read More >>

Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction

Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty...
Author: Sabina Alkire (, World Bank) ISBN: 9780199283316 Format: Paperback	$126.95
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Author: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis , Cristine McMurdo-Wallis ISBN: 9781419346996 Format: Audio	$52.67
Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages. Social critic Barbara Ehrenreich joined them, moving into a... Read More >>

Poverty, Gender, and Human Development: Context-Effective Cooperative Approaches

Poverty, Gender, and Human Development: Context-Effective...
Author: A H Somjee , Geeta Somjee ISBN: 9780973397888 Format: Hardback	$118.67
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Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition

Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development:...
Author: Richard Heaver ISBN: 9780821360378 Format: Hardback	$39.60
Technical and economic issues get the lion's share of attention in designing poverty reduction programs. Yet politicians,... Read More >>

Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-poor Economic Development

Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-poor...
Author: Anthony Shorrocks (Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University) , Rolph van der Hoeven (Manager, Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, International Labour Organization) ISBN: 9780199282241 Format: Paperback	$146.95
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Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction in Contemporary China

Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction...
Author: Shujie Yao (University of Nottingham, UK) ISBN: 9780415331968 Format: Hardback	$315.00
Yao reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention... Read More >>

Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown

Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown...
Author: Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall ISBN: 9780679312284 Format: Paperback	$50.16
For some young men, climbing Everest or sailing solo into polar seas isn’t the biggest risk in the world. Instead... Read More >>

Thinking Outside the Bill: A Utility Manager's Guide to Assisting Low-Income Customers

Thinking Outside the Bill: A Utility Manager's Guide...
Author: AWWA (American Water Works Association) ISBN: 9781583213599 Format: Paperback	$190.08
Water costs generally are rising faster than both inflation and income for low-income households. This guide will... Read More >>

Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia

Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia...
Author: Arne Bigsten , Abebe Shimeles ISBN: 9789171065261 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Experimental Poverty Measures: Summary of a Workshop

Experimental Poverty Measures: Summary of a Workshop...
Author: National Research Council , Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ISBN: 9780309095204 Format: Paperback	$55.44
The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened a workshop on June... Read More >>

Paying the Price (Summary): Why Rich Countries Must Invest Now in a War on Poverty

Paying the Price (Summary): Why Rich Countries Must...
Author: Arabella Fraser , Bethan Emmett ISBN: 9780855985608 Format: Paperback	$15.71
The time for action is running out. 2005 offered an historic opportunity for rich countries to make good on their... Read More >>

Discovering child poverty: The creation of a policy agenda from 1800 to the present

Discovering child poverty: The creation of a policy...
Author: Lucinda Platt (London School of Economics and Political Science) ISBN: 9781861345837 Format: Paperback	$49.95
This book charts key British developments in child welfare, child poverty research and state support for children... Read More >>

The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution

The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution
Author: David Wagner ISBN: 9780742529458 Format: Paperback	$69.99
Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the... Read More >>

The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution

The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution
Author: David Wagner ISBN: 9780742529441 Format: Hardback	$216.48
Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the... Read More >>

Brookings Trade Forum: Globalization, Poverty and Inequality

Brookings Trade Forum: Globalization, Poverty and Inequality...
Author: Susan M. Collins , Carol L. Graham ISBN: 9780815712862 Format: Paperback	$95.04
This annual series provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics.... Read More >>

Knut Wicksell on the Causes of Poverty and its Remedy

Knut Wicksell on the Causes of Poverty and its Remedy...
Author: Mats Lundahl (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden) ISBN: 9780415344272 Format: Hardback	$378.00
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America

The Working Poor: Invisible in America
Author: David K. Shipler ISBN: 9780375708213 Format: Paperback	$45.00
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning ""Arab and Jew"" comes a new book that presents a searing, intimate... Read More >>

The Poor Side of the Netherlands: "Results from the Dutch ""Poverty Monitor,"" 1997-2003"

The Poor Side of the Netherlands: "Results from the...
Author: Cok Vrooman , Stella Hoff ISBN: 9789037701838 Format: Paperback	$79.07
The Poor Side of the Netherlands is an anthology from the series Monitors. In addition to providing figures on the... Read More >>

Poverty: A Philosophical Approach

Poverty: A Philosophical Approach
Author: Paulette Dieterlen ISBN: 9789042019751 Format: Paperback	$132.00
Studies various philosophical issues concerning poverty in the Program for Education, Health and Food (PROGRESA),... Read More >>

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements...
Author: Jacob A Riis ISBN: 9781420925036 Format: Paperback	$29.01
""How the Other Half Lives"" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums... Read More >>

Packing Them In: An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Chicago, 1865-1954

Packing Them In: An Archaeology of Environmental Racism...
Author: Sylvia Hood Washington ISBN: 9780739110294 Format: Paperback	$54.95
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