Poverty & unemployment books

6114 books were found.

Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in the Middle East...

Author: Johannes Hoogeveen ,  Gladys Lopez-Acevedo
ISBN: 9781464817762
Format: Paperback
$88.00

Pre-pandemic the Middle East and North Africa was the only region in the world experiencing increases in poverty...  Read More >>

Poverty, Vulnerability, and Fiscal Sustainability in the People's Republic of China

Poverty, Vulnerability, and Fiscal Sustainability in...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292629137
Format: Paperback
$51.70

Explores the new poverty reduction strategy of the People's Republic of China and focuses on the vulnerable, particularly...  Read More >>

Building Resilience of the Urban Poor in Indonesia

Building Resilience of the Urban Poor in Indonesia

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292691028
Format: Paperback
$55.00

Identifies climate resilience solutions for urban poor in Indonesia and their enabling factors, building on national...  Read More >>

A Sourcebook for Engaging with Civil Society Organizations in Asian Development Bank Operations

A Sourcebook for Engaging with Civil Society Organizations...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292692445
Format: Paperback
$60.50

Provides guidance on how civil society organizations can be more effectively engaged in Asian Development Bank operations...  Read More >>

GHOST SIGNS: Shortlisted for Best Non-fiction, 2022 Books Are My Bag Awards     Shortlisted for Best Political Book By A Non-Parliamentarian, 2022 Parliamentary Book Awards

GHOST SIGNS: Shortlisted for Best Non-fiction, 2022...

Author: Stu Hennigan
ISBN: 9781910422960
Format: Paperback
$31.05

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Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings

Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings

Author: Doreen Massey
ISBN: 9781913546045
Format: Paperback
$41.40

A collection of political writings by the radical socialist and feminist geographer, Doreen Massey, edited by David...  Read More >>

Leaving Breezy Street: A Memoir

Leaving Breezy Street: A Memoir

Author: Brenda Myers-Powell ,  April Reynolds
ISBN: 9781250838957
Format: Paperback
$47.49

""The account of a woman who had to make the best out of tough situations and limited options--a testimony on how...  Read More >>

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Theory and Methodology

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Theory and Methodology...

Author: Xiaolin Wang
ISBN: 9789811911880
Format: Hardback
$284.60

​This book addresses and compensates for the lack of poverty measurement research in China. In addition, its analysis...  Read More >>

Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen

Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen

Author: Peter Apps
ISBN: 9781786078315
Format: Hardback
$34.99

The truth about Grenfell is not being told. The biggest tower block fire in UK history was completely preventable....  Read More >>

Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home

Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home...

Author: Lauren Kessler ,  Hollis McCarthy
ISBN: 9781799799160
Format: Audio
$65.97

Ninety-five percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens...  Read More >>

Research on Poverty Reduction in China

Research on Poverty Reduction in China

Author: Peilin Li ,  Houkai Wei
ISBN: 9789811671432
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book identifies “development-oriented poverty reduction” as a crucial part of what is now often billed as China’s...  Read More >>

Las ciudades del futuro libres de pobreza: Jornalismo: el sistema economico de jornadas

Author: Roberto Tejeda Barraza
ISBN: 9798832351964
Format: Paperback
$18.06

El jornalismo es una propuesta de sistema economico alternativo al capitalismo actual, su objetivo es no producir...  Read More >>

The Least of These: The Tragic Story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital

The Least of These: The Tragic Story of Dublin's Foundling...

Author: Mark Roe
ISBN: 9780750998765
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe

The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and...

Author: Ellen Clifford
ISBN: 9781350348165
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Blows the lid on what has been described by the UN as a 'human catastrophe' – the government’s war on disabled people...  Read More >>

Research on the Concept and Practice of Poverty Reduction in China

Research on the Concept and Practice of Poverty Reduction...

Author: Chengwei Huang ,  Jie Liu
ISBN: 9789811695186
Format: Hardback
$258.72

From both theoretical and practical perspectives, this book systematically expounds the important theories, key...  Read More >>

Movies to Save Our World: Imagining Poverty, Inequality and Environmental Destruction in the 21st Century

Movies to Save Our World: Imagining Poverty, Inequality...

Author: Kenneth Paul Tan
ISBN: 9789814954334
Format: Paperback
$80.19

A critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures Through...  Read More >>

Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age

Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in...

Author: Julia Ticona (Assistant Professor of Communication, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9780197631003
Format: Paperback
$63.95

An examination of the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious...  Read More >>

Short Stories in a Long Journey: What It Takes to End and Prevent Homelessness

Short Stories in a Long Journey: What It Takes to End...

Author: Richard R Troxell
ISBN: 9781632100887
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Short Stories in a Long Journey chronicles Richard R. Troxell's life as an activist to end and prevent homelessness,...  Read More >>

Ending Homelessness in America: True Stories of Homeless People & A Practical Solution

Ending Homelessness in America: True Stories of Homeless...

Author: Blessed Unami Sikhosana
ISBN: 9789692293907
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Blssed Unami Sikhosana is a powerful writer and an unswerving voice for the voiceless homeless people in our society....  Read More >>

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American...

Author: Andrea Elliott
ISBN: 9780812986952
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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