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Poverty eBooks
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Aid, Institutions and Development
By: Chakravarti, A.
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed, oppressive and, in some cases, dangerous states.
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Price: $100.00
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Early Childhood Interventions
By: Karoly, Lynn A.; Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Cannon, Jill S.
Published by: RAND Corporation
Presents a review and synthesis of research that addresses the potential for various forms of early childhood intervention to improve outcomes for participating children and their families. This 450-character abstract considers the potential consequences of not investing additional resources in children's lives.
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Price: $21.60
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Gender, Ethnicity and Place
By: Peake, Linda; Trotz, D. Alissa
Published by: Routledge
This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana.
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Price: $180.00
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Global Development and Poverty Reduction
By: Chen, J. R.; Sapsford, D.
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
At the beginning of the third millennium, underdevelopment and poverty continue to remain critical problems on a global scale. The purpose of this volume is to explore the various ways in which the institutions of the global economy might rise to the challenges posed by the twin goals of increasing the pace of global development and alleviating poverty.
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Price: $150.00
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Health and Development
By: Phillips, David; Verhasselt, Yola
Published by: Routledge
Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focusses on the critical issues linked with environmental impact, poverty and health, factors in HIV/AIDS and health care resources
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Price: $59.95
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Homelessness and Social Policy
By: Burrows, Roger; Pleace, Nicholas; Quilgars, Deborah
Published by: Routledge
Who are the homeless in Britain today? How does their homelessness occur? Contributors review theoretical and legal conceptualisations of homelessness, analyse the statistics and evaluate the policy responses so far.
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Price: $57.95
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Housing the Poor in the Developing World
By: Tipple, A. Graham; Willis, Kenneth G.
Published by: Routledge
The methodology of housing and planning in the developing world has largely been adapted from practice in post-industrial countries. Housing the Poor in the Developing World shows how methods of analysis can be best suited to the local context. This study meets the need to bring together methods of analysis from several disciplines which can be applied to housing. Each method is presented and illustrated with a case study to show how it can be used to inform housing policy in a wide range of countries in all parts of the developing world.
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Price: $220.00
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Income Distribution in Less Developed Countries
By: Sundrum, R. M.
Published by: Routledge
Bridges the gap between the statistical and the theoretical literature on income distribution in an attempt to make clearer what the underlying trends are and to make recommendations of the sort of policies which can provide growth with equity.
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Price: $53.95
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Inside the Third World Village
By: Weyland, Petra
Published by: Routledge
Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village.
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The Little Hero
By: Crofts, Andrew
Published by: Vision Paperbacks
Iqbal Masih was gunned down by an assassin when he was 13 years old. This story is about a child martyr, who died trying to end child slavery. After he escaped his carpet-master, Iqbal worked to spread the word to other enslaved children that they could be free too. He was awarded a scholarship to study in Boston, but his life was cut short.
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Price: $16.99
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