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| Collection of information about urban poverty, including details of research on major social institutions and processes, programs evaluating research of major social and economic experiments, first person narratives about social processes and problems, headlines posted daily, topic searches and information about authors. | |
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to poverty. | ||
| Resources for organisations working to alleviate poverty worldwide, including reference data, newsletters and library materials. Topics covered include understanding and responding to poverty, inequality, social cohesion, safety nets and the social crisis in East Asia. | ||
| Examines the role of public spending in stimulating economic growth and reducing poverty, based on the experience of China, which has reduced its number of poor by over 200 million in the last 20 years. | ||
| World Trade Organisation report finding that the liberalisation of trade helps poor countries to catch up with rich ones. Discusses trade, growth, and disparity among nations, the connection between trade and poverty, income, economic growth, taxes and spending, and price changes and the transmission of shocks. Report is available in English, French, and Spanish in PDF format. | ||
| Provides an ongoing examination of African poverty, and World Bank efforts to monitor the situation. Features the Africa Household Survey Databank (AHSD) which offers results from socio economic surveys of African countries which have been carried out over the past decade. | ||
| Includes articles from current research projects, which cover topics like the dynamics of parents on benefit; the impact of poverty on minority ethnic groups; mapping rural poverty; and educational disadvantage and local school choice. | ||
| Report from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation estimating the number of people who go hungry in the industrialised world and transitional countries, and monitoring progress towards fulfilling the goal of halving the number of undernourished people in the world by 2015. Analyses reasons behind significant gains or setbacks relating to food levels during the 1990s. Report is presented as a PDF file. | ||
| Assesses results of the implementation of a National Minimum Wage in the UK in April 1999. Claims that a large number of people have benefited from the minimum wage, that most business have found the resultant costs to be manageable, that employment has continued to grow in the low pay sector of the economy, and that both employers and workers have adapted to the change. Also offers developmental suggestions concerning younger workers, compliance and enforcement, pay, working time, and government funding. Report is presented as PDF document. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to social welfare. | ||
| Oxfam is a development and relief agency working to put an end to poverty worldwide. Oxfam works in partnership with local groups and with poor people to help them help themselves. | ||
| Report from the UK DfID which examines strategies to reduce the number of people in the world living in extreme poverty to 15 percent by 2015. Also considers issues of human and social development such as infant and maternal mortality rates, gender equality, and access to primary education. | ||
| An autonomous, non profit international organisation whose purpose is to help mitigate tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved agroforestry systems. ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in partnership with national institutions, aimed at developing appropriate agroforestry technologies for more sustainable and productive land use. Includes news reports on agroforestry related issues around the world. | ||
| Set of documents outlining the process of strategy development for tackling poverty worldwide and principles underlying such strategies. Features a collection of information and data on poverty, such as household surveys, estimates of inequality, and social indicators. Papers are available in English, French, and Spanish. | ||
| Offers information on poverty and social exclusion in the member states of the European Union. Provides details of EAPN's lobbying activities, publications, and press releases. | ||
| Identifies regional and global poverty issues and trends, examines the roles which the IMF, World Bank, and other development banks can play at individual country level in alleviating poverty, and suggests ways in which these organisations can work together to this end. | ||
| Offers the opportunity to donate food to hungry people around the world, paid for by sponsors. Documents donation totals since June 1999, and a breakdown of totals donated by each country. General facts about hunger are available in over 50 languages, and an index of hunger and relief organisations is provided. | ||
| Non profit newspaper from Seattle on homelessness and poverty. News, art, poetry, and opinion. Two full issues and an index of archives provided. | ||
| Publication providing information on Medicaid coverage expansion options. Organised into four chapters, the publication deals with Reaching Families Who Seek TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Assistance, Maintaining Coverage for Families Who Leave TANF Assistance, Reaching Families Outside the TANF System and Funding Opportunities. | ||
| Outlines a series of developmental goals aiming to reduce global poverty, addressing issues such as education, gender equality, mortality, reproductive health, and the environment, together with corresponding performance indicators. Report is available in English, French, and Spanish, and is offered as either an HTML or a PDF file. | ||
| As part of the Development Gateway which provides information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, this collection of resources relates to population and reproductive health. Key issues such as migration and refugees, fertility and mortality, sexually transmitted diseases, and population and the environment are addressed, and programs and projects, a calendar of events, and a selection of daily news sources are featured. | ||
| UNDP promotes sustainable human development. Includes information on the UNDP purpose and aims, news and announcements, details of UNDP activities, a section monitoring progress on sustainable development, general UN information, environment information, and the UN poverty clock which indicates the growth in poverty around the world. | ||
| World bank report arguing that major reductions in global poverty are achievable, but will require an approach which addresses the needs of the poor in terms of opportunity, empowerment, and security. The report is complemented by a collection of background documents, including an archive of discussions on the draft of the report. | ||
| Presents a UK Government White Paper discussing various benefits to the world's poor which could result from the rapid economic developments accompanying globalisation. Sets out strategies for achieving this, and covers topics such as governance and poverty, the global environment, and skills development. | ||
| A forum encouraging dialogue and knowledge sharing, among international development community members, on issues facing the development community and the world's poor. Includes an ongoing series of development dialogues, Speaker's Corner where members of the development community speak their mind, case studies, and terms and conditions for participating in forum dialogues. | ||
| Assesses the effect of tourism on the livelihoods of the poor and considers the significance of tourism in poverty stricken countries. Factors which restrict and encourage the participation of the poor in the industry are outlined, and ways in which the tourist industry can become pro poor are suggested. | ||
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