Poverty & unemployment books

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Poverty in Guatemala

Poverty in Guatemala

Author: World Bank Group ,  World Bank The
ISBN: 9781280086557
Format: Undefined
$79.15

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Analysis of Poverty Reduction

Analysis of Poverty Reduction

Author: M. C. Dhawan
ISBN: 9788190179928
Format: Hardback
$46.58

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Poverty and Health

Poverty and Health

Author: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
ISBN: 9789264100183
Format: Paperback
$35.95

This DAC reference document on poverty and health extends the DAC guidelines on poverty reduction by setting out...  Read More >>

Combating Poverty and Access to Social Rights in the Countries of the South Caucasus: A Territorial Approach

Combating Poverty and Access to Social Rights in the...

Author:
ISBN: 9789287150967
Format: Paperback
$31.68

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Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise

Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise

Author: Vivyan Adair ,  Sandra Dahlberg
ISBN: 9781592130221
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Offers essays written by women who changed their lives through the pathway of higher education. This volume presents...  Read More >>

Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor

Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the...

Author: Paul Farmer ,  Amartya Sen, FBA
ISBN: 9780520235502
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Using stories of life - and death - in extreme situations, this work interrogates our understanding of human rights....  Read More >>

Color of Class: Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege

Color of Class: Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege...

Author: Kirby Moss
ISBN: 9786613211125
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

<p> Even though we lived a few blocks away in our neighborhood or sat a seat or two away in elementary school, a...  Read More >>

Programs in Aid of the Poor

Programs in Aid of the Poor

Author: Sar A. Levitan ,  Garth L. Mangum
ISBN: 9780801871221
Format: Paperback
$68.64

This eighth edition incorporates new data from the 2000 US census and serves instructors who want an up-to-date...  Read More >>

Managing Sickle Cell Disease: In Low-Income Families

Managing Sickle Cell Disease: In Low-Income Families...

Author: Shirley Hill
ISBN: 9781592131952
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Presents a comprehensive account of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its affect on low-income families. This book examines...  Read More >>

The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, Not Affluence, Is the Environment's Number One Enemy

The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, Not Affluence,...

Author: Jack Hollander
ISBN: 9780520237889
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Drawing a road map towards a sustainable future, this text contends that our most critical environmental problem...  Read More >>

NGO Responses to Urban Poverty: Service Providers or Partners in Planning?

NGO Responses to Urban Poverty: Service Providers or...

Author: Caroline Sahley ,  Brian Pratt
ISBN: 9781897748473
Format: Paperback
$30.92

This text brings a comparative analysis of the work of urban NGOs in the south based on ""The NGO in the City""...  Read More >>

Infrastructure for Poor People: Public Policy for Private Provision

Infrastructure for Poor People: Public Policy for Private...

Author: Penelope J. Brook ,  Timothy C. Irwin
ISBN: 9780821353424
Format: Paperback
$38.95

This work provides guidance on how to structure private infrastructure reforms to maximize access. It states that...  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: 9780486220123
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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Inequality, Welfare and Poverty: Theory and Measurement: Theory and Measurement

Inequality, Welfare and Poverty: Theory and Measurement:...

Author: Yoram Amiel ,  John A. Bishop
ISBN: 9780762310142
Format: Hardback
$175.95

Contains fifteen papers on inequality theory, economic mobility, issues in empirical estimation, and empirical studies....  Read More >>

Picturing Poverty: Print Culture and FSA Photographs

Picturing Poverty: Print Culture and FSA Photographs...

Author: Cara A. Finnegan
ISBN: 9781588341181
Format: Hardback
$97.55

Working for the government's Farm Security Administration in the 1930s, photographers set out across the country...  Read More >>

Autobiography of a Super Tramp (1908)

Autobiography of a Super Tramp (1908)

Author: W.H. Davies ,  George Bernard Shaw
ISBN: 9780766146747
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Mr. Davies is no propagandist of the illusions of the middle-class tramp fancier. You never suspect him of having...  Read More >>

Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass...

Author: Theodore Dalrymple
ISBN: 9781566635059
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist.  Read More >>

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction: Proceedings of a Regional Workshop

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction:...

Author: Asian Development Bank ,  Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789715614351
Format: Paperback
$26.40

This summary organizes the theme papers, findings, and recommendations that were presented at the Regional Workshop...  Read More >>

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction: Cambodia

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction:...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789715614375
Format: Paperback
$26.40

This document was created to provide background on Cambodia and its ethnic minoritites at the Regional Workshop...  Read More >>

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction: Philippines

Indigenous Peoples: Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction:...

Author: Asian Development Bank ,  Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789715614429
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Setting out the problems in defining indigenous peoples, this report gives a general overview of these groups in...  Read More >>

Poverty and Democracy: Self-Help and Political Participation in Third World Cities

Poverty and Democracy: Self-Help and Political Participation...

Author: Dirk Berg-Schlosser ,  Norbert Kersting
ISBN: 9781842772058
Format: Paperback
$102.83

How can those who are most seriously affected by the ever-widening gap between rich and poor become active in its...  Read More >>

Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America

Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America:...

Author: Robyn Eversole
ISBN: 9780765611079
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America

Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America:...

Author: Robyn Eversole ,  Edith Cowan
ISBN: 9780765611062
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Over six billion dollars in developmental assistance is funnelled annually through non-governmental organizations...  Read More >>

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