world poverty - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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The Politics of World Hunger: Grass-Roots Politics and World Poverty

Book by Paul Simon, Arthur Simon; Harpers Magazine Press, 1973

Subjects:

Economic Development, Economic Policy, Food Supply

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...Grass-Roots Politics and World Poverty Paul and Arthur Simon...symptomatic of deeper root causes of world poverty and "underdevelopment." Unless...potential for rousing interest in world poverty has never been tested? How many...
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The United States and World Poverty

Book by E. Boyd Wennergren, Donald L. Plucknett, Nigel J. H. Smith, William L. Furlong, Joan H. Joshi; Seven Locks Press, 1989

Subjects:

Developing Countries--Commerce--United States, Economic Assistance, American--Developing Countries, Food Supply--Developing Countries, Poor--Developing Countries, United States--Commerce--Developing Countries

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The United States and World Poverty The United States and World Poverty by E. Boyd Wennergren Donald L. Plucknett...Cataloging-in-Publication Data The United States and world poverty / by E. Boyd Wennergren... et al. . p. cm...
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty

Book by Muhammad Yunus; Public Affairs, 1999

Subjects:

Economists--Bangladesh--Biography, Grameen Bank--History, Microfinance--Bangladesh--History, Rural Poor--Bangladesh--History, Yunus, Muhammad--1940-

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Muhammad Yunus has launched one of the most spectacular revolutions in the world of finance and banking, bringing not only economic hope to the rural poor, but a social revolution in how the poor are treated by society. This book tells the story.
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Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World

Book by Chandrika Kaul, Valerie Tomaselli-Moschovitis; Oryx Press, 1999

Subjects:

Poverty--Developing Countries--Statistics

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Although poverty is one of the most serious issues facing the world's population, finding statistical information on this subject has, in the past, required a significant amount of time and effort. Now, this volume provides researchers with a single, comprehensive resource that includes detailed ...
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Although poverty is one of the most serious issues facing the world's population, finding statistical information on this subject has, in the past, required a significant amount of time and effort. Now, this volume provides researchers with a single, comprehensive resource that includes detailed information regarding the worldwide and regional impact of poverty in the developing world and on individual countries from authoritative sources including the World Bank and the UN Human Development Report. The Handbook includes statistics on economic indicators, demographic patterns, income distribution, and other factors that impact poverty in the world today. Two special sections focus on women and children and on poverty in selected cities worldwide.
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Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World

Book by Nancy Birdsall, Allen C. Kelley, Steven Sinding; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Demographic Transition--Developing Countries, Developing Countries--Population--Economic Aspects, Poverty--Developing Countries

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...Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World Edited by Nancy...and Global Warming. World Bank Policy Research...Government, Population and Poverty: A Win-Win Tale...World Bank. 1990. World Development Report: Poverty . New York: Oxford...

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What Do We Owe the Global Poor? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights

Journal article by Debra Satz; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Criticism and interpretation, Global economy--Analysis, Human rights--Analysis, Poverty--Analysis, Poverty--United States, World Poverty and Human Rights (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

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...Owe the Global Poor? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights. by Debra Satz In his provocative book World Poverty and Human Rights, Thomas Pogge...powerful arguments for redressing world poverty that aim to appeal to persons...
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Should We Stop Thinking about Poverty in Terms of Helping the Poor? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights

Journal article by Alan Patten; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

Subjects:

Developing countries--Economic aspects, Pogge, Thomas W.--Works, Poverty--International aspects, World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

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...Helping the Poor? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights. by Alan...ones basic needs fulfilled. In World Poverty and Human Rights, Pogge sides...We must stop thinking about world poverty in terms of helping the poor...
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Do We Owe the Global Poor Assistance or Rectification? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights

Journal article by Mathias Risse; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

Subjects:

Developing countries--Economic aspects, Industrial nations--Economic aspects, Industrialized countries--Economic aspects, Pogge, Thomas--Works, Poverty--Analysis, Poverty--International aspects, Poverty--United States, World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

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...or Rectification? Response to World Poverty and Human Rights. by Mathias...throughout Thomas Pogge s pathbreaking World Poverty and Human Rights is that the global...harm states do (see chapter 7 of World Poverty and Human Rights, especially p...
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Human Rights and Positive Duties: Response to World Poverty and Human Rights

Journal article by Rowan Cruft; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Criticism and interpretation, Global economy--Analysis, Human rights--Analysis, World Poverty and Human Rights (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

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...and Positive Duties: Response to World Poverty and Human Rights. by Rowan Cruft In World Poverty and Human Rights, Thomas Pogge...claim that responsibility for world poverty should be conceived in terms of...
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World Poverty and Human Rights

Journal article by Thomas Pogge; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

Subjects:

Global economy--Analysis, Human rights--Forecasts and trends, Industrial nations--Economic aspects, Industrial nations--Ethical aspects, Industrialized countries--Economic aspects, Industrialized countries--Ethical aspects, Poverty--Causes of, Poverty--International aspects, Poverty--Statistics

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World Poverty and Human Rights. by Thomas Pogge...downplay the severity and persistence of world poverty and to think of it as an occasion for...what is necessary to eradicate it. That world poverty is an ongoing harm we inflict seems completely...

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Ending World Poverty Is Achievable

Magazine article by Al Huebner; The Humanist, Vol. 66, January 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Book)--Book reviews

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Ending World Poverty Is Achievable. by...BILLION people in the world today who live not only in poverty but in extreme poverty...Monetary Fund and the World Bank are the lead agencies...how to break out of poverty. On their face, the...
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Rick Warren Publicly Pursuing Programs against World Poverty

Magazine article by Holly Lebowitz Rossi; The Christian Century, Vol. 122, July 12, 2005

Subjects:

California, Developing countries--Donations, Developing countries--Economic aspects, Developing countries--Health aspects, Ministers (Clergy)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Poverty--Economic aspects, Poverty--United States, Rwanda--Donations, Rwanda--Economic aspects, Rwanda--Political aspects, The Purpose-Driven Life (Book), Warren, Rick--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...Programs against World Poverty. by Holly...Gods love for the world," Warren wrote in...of ending global poverty. Following its publication...individuals in Third World countries who are...so now--but global poverty is an issue that...
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Fighting World Poverty: Count the U.S. Out

Magazine article by Barbara Crossette; The Humanist, Vol. 64, September 2004

Subjects:

International relations, Poverty--United States, United Nations--International relations, United States--International relations

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Fighting World Poverty: Count the U.S. Out...money. Reducing poverty requires cutting...many places. No, the world doesnt have too few...the groundwork for poverty reduction through...this country led the world in family planning...
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World Poverty, Pauperization, & Capital Accumulation

Magazine article by Samir Amin; Monthly Review, Vol. 55, October 2003

Subjects:

Agricultural development projects--International aspects, Agricultural development--International aspects, Capitalism--Influence, Rural development--Economic aspects, Rural development--International aspects, Rural development--Social aspects, World Trade Organization

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World Poverty, Pauperization...errors. The relation of poverty to the very process...to understand the world, let alone transform...struggles for "another world" and an alternative...rhetoric concerning poverty reduction. The analysis...
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Poverty Crisis in the Third World: The Contradictions of World Bank Policy

Magazine article by Paul Burkett; Monthly Review, Vol. 42, December 1990

Subjects:

Developing countries--Economic aspects, Poverty--International aspects, World Bank--Reports, World Development Report (Report)--1990

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...specifically aimed at alleviating third world poverty. Indeed, WDR-90 proposes an intensified...of data, WDR-90 defines third world poverty to make it consistent with the...priority. Nature and Extent of Third World Poverty WDR-90s concept of poverty tells...

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Now Gail Gives Us the Bald Facts over Fair Trade; TV STAR USES HER HAIR LOSS TO HELP FIGHT WORLD POVERTY

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 7, 2006

Subjects:

Poverty

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...HER HAIR LOSS TO HELP FIGHT WORLD POVERTY. Byline: BO WILSON GAIL...a means of helping third world countries trade their way out of poverty. She is among stars photog...problem of international poverty. All it takes is a conscious...
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Brown's University Honour 'Premature' Degree Sparks Debate over World Poverty

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 9, 2007

Subjects:

Brown, Gordon, Poverty, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Premature Degree Sparks Debate over World Poverty. Byline: By Ross Smith and...celebrate his success in tackling world poverty. The Chancellor was among five...countries tackled the challenge of world poverty. "Gordon Brown is now standing...
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The Way Forward to Defeat World Poverty

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 5, 2006

Subjects:

Poverty

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Way Forward to Defeat World Poverty. Classrooms with teachers, clinics...we enjoy today. In order to tackle poverty, developing country governments must...commitment. Rich countries and the World Bank must stop undermining governments...
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Brave Gail Gives Us the Bald Facts about Fair Trade; Presenter Uses Her Alopecia to Highlight Fight against World Poverty

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 7, 2006

Subjects:

Poverty

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to Highlight Fight against World Poverty. Byline: BO WILSON GAIL...a means of helping Third World countries trade their way out of poverty. She is among stars photographed...problem of international poverty. "All it takes is a conscious...
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Brown Tackles World Poverty; MONDAY VIEW

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 26, 2004

Subjects:

Brown, Gordon

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Brown Tackles World Poverty; MONDAY VIEW. Byline: RUTH...dispute the need for more action on world poverty. A World Bank report issued at the Washington...proportion of people living in extreme poverty in developing countries had dropped...

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Myrdal, Gunnar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1930 (1933, tr. 1933). He shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. See also his Challenge of World Poverty (1970) and Against the Stream (1973). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright...
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Gissing, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...New Grub Street (1891), his best-known work, depicts the dilemma of the poverty-stricken artist in an alien world. Other works include Thyrza (1887), The Nether World (1889), Born in Exile (1892), and The Whirlpool (1897). In By the...
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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of population live below the poverty line; and urban India, one of...industrialized areas in the world, with an increasingly middle-class...most extensive networks in the world. The train system is made mainly...earliest civilizations of the world, and the most ancient on the...
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International Fund for Agricultural Development

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with headquarters in Rome, Italy. IFAD grew out of the 1974 World Food Conference; it was established in 1977 and is comprised...member nations. The IFADs mandate is to combat hunger and rural poverty in developing countries through agricultural projects that mainly...
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Toledo Manrique, Alejandro

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...2001 6). Toledo, who has indigenous Andean roots, was born into poverty in rural Peru and grew up in the port city of Chimbote. Industrious...obtained a Ph.D. A business-school professor and an official at the World Bank, Toledo became involved in Peruvian politics as an opponent...

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