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| sosig.ac.uk/social_welfare/ Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to social welfare. | |
| undp.org/ 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, | ||
| oneworld.org/oxfam/ Oxfam works in partnership with local groups and with poor people to help them help themselves. Oxfam is a development and relief agency working to put an end to poverty worldwide. | ||
| eapn.org/default_en.html Provides details of EAPN's lobbying activities, publications, and press releases. Offers information on poverty and social exclusion in the member states of the European Union. | ||
| aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/transition/welfare.htm 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 | ||
| fao.org/NEWS/1999/img/SOFI99-E.PDF 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 undernouri | ||
| worldbank.org/html/extdr/extme/G8_poverty2000.pdf Identifies regional and global poverty issues and trends, and other development banks can play at individual country level in alleviating poverty, 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 togeth | ||
| propoortourism.org.uk/ 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 t | ||
| wto.org/english/news_e/pres00_e/pr181_e.htm 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 sp | ||
| icraf.cgiar.org/ 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 natio | ||
| paris21.org/betterworld/ 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 | ||
| worldbank.org/poverty/strategies/ 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 soci | ||
| www4.worldbank.org/afr/poverty/databank/default.htm 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 ove | ||
| sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World/poverty.html Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to poverty. | ||
| thehungersite.com/ 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 Offers the opportunity to donate food to hungry people around the world, paid for by sponsors. | ||
| lowpay.gov.uk/lowpay/report2/complete.pdf 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 c | ||
| developmentgateway.org/node/146526/ 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, | ||
| gdnet.org/files.fcgi/579_Xiaobo.PDF 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. | ||
| worldbank.org/poverty/wdrpoverty/index.htm 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 backgrou | ||
| realchangenews.org/ News, art, poetry, and opinion. Two full issues and an index of archives provided. Non-profit newspaper from Seattle on homelessness and poverty. | ||
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