The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Second Edition
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty
July 2015 | 2560 pages | Sage US
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark work, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. For instance, while continued high rates of income inequality might be unsurprising in developing countries such as Mexico, the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported in May 2013 even countries with historically low levels of income inequality have experienced significant increases over the past decade, including Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The U.N. and the World Bank also emphasize the persistent nature of the problem.   It is not all bad news. In March 2013, the Guardian newspaper reported, “Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates.” On the other hand, the U.N. says environmental threats from climate change could push billions more into extreme poverty in coming decades. All of these points lead to the need for a revised, updated, and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Key Features:

  • 775 evaluated and updated and 175 entirely new entries
  • New Reader’s Guide categories
  • Signed articles, with cross-references
  • Further Readings will be accompanied by pedagogical elements
  • Updated Chronology, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough new Index

The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition is a dependable source for students and researchers who are researching world poverty, making it a must-have reference for all academic libraries.

Contents

Global Poverty Project

Global Poverty Project

Education Premium

Education Premium

Unemployment

Unemployment

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ Compensation

Economic Growth

Economic Growth

Gandhi, Mahatma

Gandhi, Mahatma

Income Distribution Theories

Income Distribution Theories

Income Inequality

Income Inequality

Malthus, Thomas

Malthus, Thomas

Debt

Debt

Justice and Poverty

Justice and Poverty

Sen, Amartya

Sen, Amartya

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage

Aquinas, Thomas

Aquinas, Thomas

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Economic Inequality

Economic Inequality

Equality

Equality

Equity and Efficiency Trade-Off

Equity and Efficiency Trade-Off

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Calvin, John

Calvin, John

Haiti

Haiti

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Polanyi, Karl

Polanyi, Karl

Redistribution

Redistribution

Technology and Public Policy

Technology and Public Policy

Economic Self-sufficiency

Economic Self-sufficiency

Labor Market

Labor Market

Means-Testing

Means-Testing

Social Exclusion

Social Exclusion

Work-Welfare Programs

Work-Welfare Programs

Indicators of Poverty

Indicators of Poverty

Medicaid

Medicaid

Capability Measure of Poverty

Capability Measure of Poverty

Welfare State

Welfare State

National Center for Children in Poverty

National Center for Children in Poverty

Reproductive Health and Rights

Reproductive Health and Rights

Senegal

Senegal

Nepal

Nepal

Pension Programs

Pension Programs

Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

Argentina

Argentina

Prebisch, Raul

Prebisch, Raul

Welfare Dependence

Welfare Dependence

Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Chad

Chad

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Uruguay

Uruguay

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Area Deprivation

Area Deprivation

Deprivation

Deprivation

Rural Antipoverty Programs

Rural Antipoverty Programs

Rural Deprivation

Rural Deprivation

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Nigeria

Nigeria

Owen, Robert

Owen, Robert

Rawls, John

Rawls, John

Colonialism and Imperialism

Colonialism and Imperialism

Poverty, History of

Poverty, History of

Mendicant Orders

Mendicant Orders

Poor Laws

Poor Laws

Feminization of Poverty

Feminization of Poverty

Basic Needs

Basic Needs

Ford, Gerald (Administration)

Ford, Gerald (Administration)

Germany

Germany

Michigan

Michigan

World War I

World War I

World War II

World War II

Israel

Israel

Gini Coefficient

Gini Coefficient

Microcredit

Microcredit

Neoclassical Thought

Neoclassical Thought

Ancient Thought

Ancient Thought

Medieval Thought

Medieval Thought

Mississippi

Mississippi

Burundi

Burundi

Congo, Democratic Republic

Congo, Democratic Republic

Uganda

Uganda

Peru

Peru

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

Slums

Slums

Chile

Chile

Ukraine

Ukraine

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Refugees

Environmental Refugees

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Stigmatization

Stigmatization

Brazil

Brazil

Brazilian Definition of Poverty

Brazilian Definition of Poverty

Paraguay

Paraguay

Capitalism

Capitalism

Child Trafficking

Child Trafficking

Public Policy

Public Policy

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Gender and Food Security

Gender and Food Security

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

Apartheid

Apartheid

Botswana

Botswana

Street Children

Street Children

Urban Antipoverty Programs

Urban Antipoverty Programs

India

India

Nonincome Poverty

Nonincome Poverty

Franciscan Order

Franciscan Order

Bhutan

Bhutan

Economic Definitions of Poverty

Economic Definitions of Poverty

Gender and Land Rights

Gender and Land Rights

Kenya

Kenya

Homelessness

Homelessness

Lewis, Arthur

Lewis, Arthur

Children and Poverty

Children and Poverty

Myanmar

Myanmar

Poland

Poland

California

California

Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

Adjustment Programs

Adjustment Programs

Crime

Crime

Demographics

Demographics

Human Poverty Index

Human Poverty Index

Migration

Migration

Social Movements

Social Movements

Corruption

Corruption

Famine

Famine

French Revolution

French Revolution

Laissez-Faire

Laissez-Faire

Oxfam

Oxfam

Physiocrats

Physiocrats

Smith, Adam

Smith, Adam

Thailand

Thailand

Marx, Karl

Marx, Karl

Structuralist School

Structuralist School

Education and Sustainable Development

Education and Sustainable Development

Pakistan

Pakistan

Colombia

Colombia

Mexico

Mexico

Asset-Based Measures of Poverty

Asset-Based Measures of Poverty

Canada

Canada

Human Development

Human Development

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Frank, Andre Gunder

Frank, Andre Gunder

Wallerstein, Immanuel

Wallerstein, Immanuel

Kentucky

Kentucky

Measles

Measles

Mercantilism

Mercantilism

West Virginia

West Virginia

North Carolina

North Carolina

Mill, John Stuart

Mill, John Stuart

Tennessee

Tennessee

North Korea

North Korea

Polio

Polio

War and Poverty

War and Poverty

Water

Water

Water Technology

Water Technology

War on Poverty

War on Poverty

Education Equity

Education Equity

Christian Community Health Fellowship

Christian Community Health Fellowship

Church World Service

Church World Service

International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee

Natural Disaster Refugees

Natural Disaster Refugees

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Foucault, Michael

Foucault, Michael

Food Consumption and Poverty

Food Consumption and Poverty

Malnutrition

Malnutrition

Malaria

Malaria

Mali

Mali

Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Cambodia

Cambodia

Carnegie, Andrew

Carnegie, Andrew

Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers

China

China

Feudalism

Feudalism

Franklin, Benjamin

Franklin, Benjamin

Globalization

Globalization

Belarus

Belarus

Lithuania

Lithuania

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility

Sudan

Sudan

European Union Definition of Poverty

European Union Definition of Poverty

Equity in Health

Equity in Health

Grenada

Grenada

Income Poverty

Income Poverty

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Jamaica

Jamaica

Working Poor

Working Poor

Education and Technology

Education and Technology

France

France

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Evans, George Henry

Evans, George Henry

Galbraith, John Kenneth

Galbraith, John Kenneth

International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

Laos

Laos

Malaysia

Malaysia

National Coalition on Health Care

National Coalition on Health Care

Roosevelt, Franklin (Administration)

Roosevelt, Franklin (Administration)

Roosevelt, Theodore (Administration)

Roosevelt, Theodore (Administration)

Singapore

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Environmental Federalism

Environmental Federalism

Natural Resource Management

Natural Resource Management

Representation

Representation

Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke Index

Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke Index

Earth Institute

Earth Institute

Ireland

Ireland

Irish Famine

Irish Famine

Measurement of Sustainable Development

Measurement of Sustainable Development

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Disability and Poverty

Disability and Poverty

Disability Insurance

Disability Insurance

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Scientific Definitions of Poverty

Scientific Definitions of Poverty

Children Out-Of-School

Children Out-Of-School

Class Structure

Class Structure

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education

Egypt

Egypt

Poverty Traps

Poverty Traps

CDF Black Community Crusade for Children

CDF Black Community Crusade for Children

Philippines

Philippines

Tertiary Education

Tertiary Education

Engels, Friedrich

Engels, Friedrich

Gender Discrimination

Gender Discrimination

Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Women

Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Women

Suriname

Suriname

Poverty Gap

Poverty Gap

Environmental Degradation

Environmental Degradation

Environmentalism of the Poor and Economic Justice

Environmentalism of the Poor and Economic Justice

Absenteeism and child poverty

Absenteeism and child poverty

Vietnam

Vietnam

Social Assistance

Social Assistance

Poverty Gap Index

Poverty Gap Index

Conservatism

Conservatism

Fabian Society

Fabian Society

Social Democracy

Social Democracy

Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation

Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation

Somalia

Somalia

Family Size and Structure

Family Size and Structure

Gender Division of Labor

Gender Division of Labor

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Save the Children

Save the Children

World Bank Poverty Lines

World Bank Poverty Lines

Fourth World

Fourth World

G-8 Africa Action Plan

G-8 Africa Action Plan

Development Aid

Development Aid

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Mobile Phones

Mobile Phones

Technology Divide

Technology Divide

Islam and Poverty

Islam and Poverty

Credit

Credit

Georgia (State)

Georgia (State)

Poverty, Culture of

Poverty, Culture of

Education

Education

Educational Vouchers

Educational Vouchers

Housing Assistance

Housing Assistance

Harding, Warren (Administration)

Harding, Warren (Administration)

School and Housing Segregation

School and Housing Segregation

Truman, Harry (Administration)

Truman, Harry (Administration)

Education and Opportunity

Education and Opportunity

Private and Public Education

Private and Public Education

Modern Environmentalism

Modern Environmentalism

Planning

Planning

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

Louisiana

Louisiana

Communism

Communism

Conflict

Conflict

Foreign Aid

Foreign Aid

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Resilience and Education

Resilience and Education

Hobbes, Thomas

Hobbes, Thomas

WomenWatch

WomenWatch

Environmental economics

Environmental economics

Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)

Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)

Luxemburg, Rosa

Luxemburg, Rosa

Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment

International Environmentalism

International Environmentalism

Technology and Replenishable Energy

Technology and Replenishable Energy

Presbyterian Hunger Project

Presbyterian Hunger Project

Cameroon

Cameroon

Exploitation

Exploitation

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Public Goods

Public Goods

Supply-Side Economics

Supply-Side Economics

World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

International Trade

International Trade

Mongolia

Mongolia

Structural Dependency

Structural Dependency

World Bank

World Bank

Corporate Environmentalism

Corporate Environmentalism

Economics of Consumption

Economics of Consumption

Human Capital

Human Capital

Earned-Income Tax Credit

Earned-Income Tax Credit

Dengue fever

Dengue fever

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Education Theories

Education Theories

Exclusion

Exclusion

Great Depression

Great Depression

Hungary

Hungary

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Socialism

Socialism

Women’s Empowerment

Women’s Empowerment

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Children’s Aid Society

Children’s Aid Society

Alliance for International Women’s Rights

Alliance for International Women’s Rights

Weber, Max

Weber, Max

Black, Hugo L.

Black, Hugo L.

Bryan, William Jennings

Bryan, William Jennings

Feminist Approaches to Poverty

Feminist Approaches to Poverty

Lumpenproletariat

Lumpenproletariat

Missing Women

Missing Women

Market Efficiency

Market Efficiency

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Brandeis, Louis D.

Brandeis, Louis D.

Fraud

Fraud

Locke, John

Locke, John

Subjective Measures of Poverty

Subjective Measures of Poverty

Workforce

Workforce

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Underclass

Underclass

Jesuits

Jesuits

Japan

Japan

Food Shortages

Food Shortages

Oral Health Care

Oral Health Care

World Food Program

World Food Program

Lincoln, Abraham (Administration)

Lincoln, Abraham (Administration)

Washington, George (Administration)

Washington, George (Administration)

Achievement Gap

Achievement Gap

Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Educational Praxis

Educational Praxis

Children’s Defense Fund

Children’s Defense Fund

Gender and Allocation of Time

Gender and Allocation of Time

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Civic Society

Civic Society

Contextual Poverty

Contextual Poverty

Class Analysis of Poverty

Class Analysis of Poverty

Basic Security

Basic Security

Child Mortality

Child Mortality

Recession

Recession

UNICEF

UNICEF

Aboriginal Health and Poverty

Aboriginal Health and Poverty

Global Education First Initiative

Global Education First Initiative

Nongovernmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations

Alabama

Alabama

Secondary Education

Secondary Education

Child Care

Child Care

Deprivation Index

Deprivation Index

Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Investment in Health

Investment in Health

Human Rights and Poverty

Human Rights and Poverty

Asset-Based Antipoverty Programs

Asset-Based Antipoverty Programs

Great Society Programs

Great Society Programs

Sequestration

Sequestration

New Technology: Risks and Gains

New Technology: Risks and Gains

Social and Solidarity Economy

Social and Solidarity Economy

Technological Unemployment

Technological Unemployment

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer

New York

New York

Employment

Employment

Financial Aid

Financial Aid

Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Insurance

Food Stamps

Food Stamps

Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

United Way

United Way

Clinton, William (Administration)

Clinton, William (Administration)

Johnson, Lyndon (Administration)

Johnson, Lyndon (Administration)

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Third Way

Third Way

Wilson, Woodrow (Administration)

Wilson, Woodrow (Administration)

Knowledge Poverty

Knowledge Poverty

Social Media

Social Media

United States

United States

Drought

Drought

Syria

Syria

United Nations Development Program

United Nations Development Program

Vermont

Vermont

World Health Organization

World Health Organization

UNDP Regional Project for Overcoming Poverty

UNDP Regional Project for Overcoming Poverty

G-8

G-8

Free Trade Agreement of Americas

Free Trade Agreement of Americas

Turkey

Turkey

World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Florida

Florida

Global Health Initiatives

Global Health Initiatives

Equivalence Scales

Equivalence Scales

Technology and Poverty Alleviation

Technology and Poverty Alleviation

Heilbroner, Robert

Heilbroner, Robert

Marshall, Alfred

Marshall, Alfred

Greece

Greece

Poverty Threshold

Poverty Threshold

Sen Index

Sen Index

Basic Income

Basic Income

Economic Liberalization

Economic Liberalization

Ricardo, David

Ricardo, David

Scarcity

Scarcity

Grant, Ulysses (Administration)

Grant, Ulysses (Administration)

Contraceptive Prevalence

Contraceptive Prevalence

Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy

Dependency Ratio

Dependency Ratio

Catastrophic Health Expenditure

Catastrophic Health Expenditure

Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty

Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty

Starvation

Starvation

Cold War

Cold War

Peripheral Poverty

Peripheral Poverty

Permanent (Collective) Poverty

Permanent (Collective) Poverty

Head Start

Head Start

Hull House

Hull House

Millennium Villages Project

Millennium Villages Project

Palestine

Palestine

Reagan, Ronald (Administration)

Reagan, Ronald (Administration)

Barbados

Barbados

Qatar

Qatar

Agricultural technology

Agricultural technology

Agriculture

Agriculture

Food First

Food First

Guatemala

Guatemala

Standard Food Basket

Standard Food Basket

Adult Literacy Programs

Adult Literacy Programs

Debt Relief

Debt Relief

Bolsa Familia

Bolsa Familia

Samaritans

Samaritans

Social Insecurity

Social Insecurity

Standard of Living

Standard of Living

Voluntary Poverty

Voluntary Poverty

Cost of Living

Cost of Living

Guaranteed Assistance

Guaranteed Assistance

Means-Tested Government Antipoverty Programs

Means-Tested Government Antipoverty Programs

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income

Cuba

Cuba

Australian Definition of Poverty

Australian Definition of Poverty

Disease eradication and elimination programs

Disease eradication and elimination programs

Social Inequality

Social Inequality

South Sudan

South Sudan

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

Employment Theory

Employment Theory

Financial Markets

Financial Markets

Gender Gap in Agriculture

Gender Gap in Agriculture

Industrialization

Industrialization

Mauritania

Mauritania

Women and Poverty

Women and Poverty

Chinese Definition of Poverty

Chinese Definition of Poverty

Nutrition

Nutrition

Futures without Violence

Futures without Violence

American Radical Environmentalism

American Radical Environmentalism

World Social Forum

World Social Forum

Civic Environmentalism and Environmental NGOs

Civic Environmentalism and Environmental NGOs

Gender-Parity Index

Gender-Parity Index

Household Consumption

Household Consumption

Niger

Niger

Bush, George W. (Administration)

Bush, George W. (Administration)

Feeding America

Feeding America

Venezuela

Venezuela

Missionaries

Missionaries

Technology Diffusion

Technology Diffusion

Grameen Phone and Telecom

Grameen Phone and Telecom

Technology Expenditure

Technology Expenditure

Primary Education

Primary Education

Universal Primary Education

Universal Primary Education

World Bank New Education Strategy

World Bank New Education Strategy

Adolescent Girls Initiative, The

Adolescent Girls Initiative, The

Belize

Belize

Child Malnutrition

Child Malnutrition

Community Development and Poverty Reduction

Community Development and Poverty Reduction

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Extreme Poverty

Extreme Poverty

Genetically modified organisms

Genetically modified organisms

Girl Effect Dividend, The

Girl Effect Dividend, The

Information and Communication Technology and Poverty

Information and Communication Technology and Poverty

International Labor Organization

International Labor Organization

Literacy and Illiteracy Rates

Literacy and Illiteracy Rates

Mapping Poverty

Mapping Poverty

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Needs

Needs

Traumatic Poverty

Traumatic Poverty

Wage Slavery

Wage Slavery

Women’s Global Empowerment Fund

Women’s Global Empowerment Fund

Harrington, Michael

Harrington, Michael

National Education Association

National Education Association

Eritrea

Eritrea

Overall Poverty

Overall Poverty

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Technology Absorption and Appropriate Technology

Technology Absorption and Appropriate Technology

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Medicare

Medicare

Economic Dependence

Economic Dependence

Economic Distance

Economic Distance

Economic Growth and Technology

Economic Growth and Technology

Social Disqualification

Social Disqualification

Pro-Poor Growth

Pro-Poor Growth

Great Recession 2007-2008

Great Recession 2007-2008

Privatization

Privatization

Conspicuous (status) Consumption and Poverty

Conspicuous (status) Consumption and Poverty

Poverty Assessment

Poverty Assessment

Utopian Socialists

Utopian Socialists

Dependency School

Dependency School

Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination

Almshouses

Almshouses

Transition Rate

Transition Rate

Living Waters for the World

Living Waters for the World

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)

Primary Poverty

Primary Poverty

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Lesotho

Lesotho

South Africa

South Africa

Swaziland

Swaziland

School Feeding Programs

School Feeding Programs

Poverty Research

Poverty Research

Africa Faith and Justice Network

Africa Faith and Justice Network

African Development Foundation

African Development Foundation

Ecuador

Ecuador

Hobson, John

Hobson, John

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics

Finland

Finland

Household Employment

Household Employment

Nonworking Poor

Nonworking Poor

Disease

Disease

Pneumonia

Pneumonia

Center for the Study of Urban Poverty

Center for the Study of Urban Poverty

Distribution

Distribution

Entitlement

Entitlement

Fuel Poverty

Fuel Poverty

Giddens, Anthony

Giddens, Anthony

Institute for Research on Poverty

Institute for Research on Poverty

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Conference for Community and Justice

National Conference for Community and Justice

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

YMCA and YWCA

YMCA and YWCA

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

Secondary Poverty

Secondary Poverty

Romania

Romania

Community-Based Antipoverty Programs

Community-Based Antipoverty Programs

United Methodist Church Initiatives

United Methodist Church Initiatives

Russia

Russia

Cote d’Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire

Rwanda

Rwanda

Inflation

Inflation

Beveridge Scheme

Beveridge Scheme

Charity Organization Society

Charity Organization Society

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bahrain

Italy

Italy

Jordan

Jordan

National Poverty Reduction Strategy

National Poverty Reduction Strategy

New Mexico

New Mexico

Comic Relief

Comic Relief

Poverty Rate

Poverty Rate

Regulation

Regulation

Child Consumption Poverty

Child Consumption Poverty

Poverty Clock

Poverty Clock

Iraq

Iraq

Doha Declaration

Doha Declaration

International Development Cooperation Forum

International Development Cooperation Forum

Jubilee 2000

Jubilee 2000

Ghana

Ghana

Ultimate Poverty

Ultimate Poverty

Consumption-Based Measures of Poverty

Consumption-Based Measures of Poverty

Iran

Iran

Algeria

Algeria

Angola

Angola

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Eisenhower, Dwight (Administration)

Eisenhower, Dwight (Administration)

Christian Antipoverty Campaigns

Christian Antipoverty Campaigns

Jefferson, Thomas (Administration)

Jefferson, Thomas (Administration)

Maine

Maine

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Goodwill Industries

Goodwill Industries

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry

Help the Aged

Help the Aged

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Living Wage Campaign

Living Wage Campaign

Illinois

Illinois

North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement

Cash and in-kind transfers

Cash and in-kind transfers

Extended Poverty Minimum

Extended Poverty Minimum

Macroeconomic Policies

Macroeconomic Policies

Malawi

Malawi

Millennium Promise Alliance

Millennium Promise Alliance

Endemic Poverty

Endemic Poverty

Coolidge, Calvin (Administration)

Coolidge, Calvin (Administration)

Hoover, Herbert(Administration)

Hoover, Herbert(Administration)

Nixon, Richard (Administration)

Nixon, Richard (Administration)

National Fatherhood Initiative

National Fatherhood Initiative

Protestant Churches

Protestant Churches

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Church of England

Church of England

Child Immunization and Vaccination

Child Immunization and Vaccination

Bellamy, Edward

Bellamy, Edward

Coughlin, Charles

Coughlin, Charles

Texas

Texas

Dropout rates

Dropout rates

Lebanon

Lebanon

Economic Insecurity

Economic Insecurity

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal Policy

Pollution

Pollution

Friedman, Milton

Friedman, Milton

Duration of Poverty

Duration of Poverty

Brotherhood of St. Laurence

Brotherhood of St. Laurence

Bolivia

Bolivia

Spain

Spain

South Korea

South Korea

CARE

CARE

Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders

Maldives

Maldives

National Poverty Center

National Poverty Center

Alliance for Excellent Education

Alliance for Excellent Education

Center for American Progress

Center for American Progress

Center on Hunger and Poverty

Center on Hunger and Poverty

Donor Aid to Education

Donor Aid to Education

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty

Neglected Diseases

Neglected Diseases

UBN-PL Method

UBN-PL Method

George, Henry

George, Henry

Greeley, Horace

Greeley, Horace

New Zealand

New Zealand

National Policies for Education

National Policies for Education

Rural Poverty Research Center

Rural Poverty Research Center

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity

Child Welfare League of America

Child Welfare League of America

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

TIP Curves

TIP Curves

Normative Standards

Normative Standards

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Consumption Poverty

Consumption Poverty

Household Saving and Dissaving

Household Saving and Dissaving

Income

Income

Stabilization

Stabilization

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Switzerland

Switzerland

Liberia

Liberia

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

International Food Policy Research Institute

International Food Policy Research Institute

Lawyers Without Borders

Lawyers Without Borders

Connecticut

Connecticut

Chained Consumer Price Index

Chained Consumer Price Index

Access-to-Enterprise Zones

Access-to-Enterprise Zones

Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage

Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage

Comparative Research Program on Poverty

Comparative Research Program on Poverty

Debt Swap

Debt Swap

European Relative-Income Standard of Poverty

European Relative-Income Standard of Poverty

Financing New Technology

Financing New Technology

Food-Ratio Poverty Line

Food-Ratio Poverty Line

National Health Account

National Health Account

Rationing

Rationing

Resource-Based Measures of Poverty

Resource-Based Measures of Poverty

Social Budgeting

Social Budgeting

Standard Food Basket Variant

Standard Food Basket Variant

Wants

Wants

Timor L’Este

Timor L’Este

Mozambique

Mozambique

Togo

Togo

Foods Resource Bank

Foods Resource Bank

Morocco

Morocco

Tunisia

Tunisia

Djibouti

Djibouti

Armenia

Armenia

Bahamas

Bahamas

Benin

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Congo

Congo

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Dominica

Dominica

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Estonia

Gabon

Gabon

Gambia

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

Slovakia

Slovakia

Yemen

Yemen

Madagascar

Madagascar

Mauritius

Mauritius

Arizona

Arizona

Arkansas

Arkansas

Colorado

Colorado

Delaware

Delaware

Children’s Hunger Relief

Children’s Hunger Relief

Docs for Tots

Docs for Tots

Indonesia

Indonesia

Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa

Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Missouri

Missouri

Nevada

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Jersey

North Dakota

North Dakota

Ohio

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Portugal

Portugal

Salvation Army

Salvation Army

Virginia

Virginia

Wyoming

Wyoming

Zambia

Zambia

Absolute-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Absolute-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Iceland

Iceland

Minnesota

Minnesota

Food Research and Action Center

Food Research and Action Center

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The

World Concern

World Concern

Andorra

Andorra

Panama

Panama

Engel Coefficient

Engel Coefficient

Headcount Index

Headcount Index

Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Index

Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Index

Australia

Australia

Oregon

Oregon

Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Utah

Utah

Arab Definition of Poverty

Arab Definition of Poverty

Biodiversity International

Biodiversity International

Charitywater

Charitywater

ChildLine

ChildLine

Communicable diseases

Communicable diseases

Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity

Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity

International Forum for Child Development

International Forum for Child Development

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Luxembourg Employment Study

Luxembourg Employment Study

Luxembourg Income Study

Luxembourg Income Study

Medical Technology and Poverty

Medical Technology and Poverty

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Coalition on Barrios Unidos

National Coalition on Barrios Unidos

National Interfaith Community for Worker Justice

National Interfaith Community for Worker Justice

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

National Research Council, United States

National Research Council, United States

Low-Income Cut-Offs

Low-Income Cut-Offs

Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty

Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty

Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis

High Technology and International Trade

High Technology and International Trade

Household Income

Household Income

Indiana

Indiana

Libya

Libya

Monaco

Monaco

Namibia

Namibia

Nebraska

Nebraska

Tanzania

Tanzania

Students Against Sweatshops

Students Against Sweatshops

Senate Hunger Caucus

Senate Hunger Caucus

Congressional Hunger Center

Congressional Hunger Center

Green Economy Initiative

Green Economy Initiative

Inter-American Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Living Standards Measurement Study

Living Standards Measurement Study

Microeconomics

Microeconomics

Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)

Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)

Heifer Project

Heifer Project

March of Dimes

March of Dimes

Adams, John (Administration)

Adams, John (Administration)

Adams, John Quincy (Administration)

Adams, John Quincy (Administration)

American Samoa

American Samoa

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Austria

Austria

Belgium

Belgium

Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Comoros

Comoros

Croatia

Croatia

de Soto, Hernando

de Soto, Hernando

Denmark

Denmark

El Salvador

El Salvador

Fiji

Fiji

Georgia (Country)

Georgia (Country)

Guam

Guam

Guyana

Guyana

Honduras

Honduras

Kiribati

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kuwait

Latvia

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Malta

Malta

Micronesia

Micronesia

Moldova

Moldova

Nauru

Nauru

Netherlands

Netherlands

Northern Marianas Islands

Northern Marianas Islands

Norway

Norway

Oman

Oman

Palau

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

Samoa

San Marino

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Seychelles

Slovenia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Sweden

Sweden

Tonga

Tonga

Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

Bush, George H. W. (Administration)

Bush, George H. W. (Administration)

Center on Budget and Policies Priorities

Center on Budget and Policies Priorities

Jackson, Andrew (Administration)

Jackson, Andrew (Administration)

Van Buren, Martin (Administration)

Van Buren, Martin (Administration)

Campus Compact

Campus Compact

Buchanan, James (Administration)

Buchanan, James (Administration)

Cleveland, Grover (Administration)

Cleveland, Grover (Administration)

Democratic Party

Democratic Party

Federal Targeted Training

Federal Targeted Training

Fillmore, Millard (Administration)

Fillmore, Millard (Administration)

Republican Party

Republican Party

Garfield, James (Administration)

Garfield, James (Administration)

Hayes, Rutherford (Administration)

Hayes, Rutherford (Administration)

Johnson, Andrew (Administration)

Johnson, Andrew (Administration)

Madison, James (Administration)

Madison, James (Administration)

McKinley, William (Administration)

McKinley, William (Administration)

Monroe, James (Administration)

Monroe, James (Administration)

Pierce, Franklin (Administration)

Pierce, Franklin (Administration)

Taft, William Howard (Administration)

Taft, William Howard (Administration)

Taylor, Zachary (Administration)

Taylor, Zachary (Administration)

Carter, James (Administration)

Carter, James (Administration)

Mortality Rate

Mortality Rate

Alaska

Alaska

Hawaii

Hawaii

United Methodist Committee on Relief

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Arthur, Chester (Administration)

Arthur, Chester (Administration)

Family Budgets

Family Budgets

Family Desertion

Family Desertion

Maryland

Maryland

Christmas Seals

Christmas Seals

Second Harvest

Second Harvest

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

American Graduate

American Graduate

Iowa

Iowa

Kansas

Kansas

Montana

Montana

Relative Welfare Index

Relative Welfare Index

South Carolina

South Carolina

South Dakota

South Dakota

Washington

Washington

Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers

Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers

Eliminate Project, The

Eliminate Project, The

Feinstein Foundation

Feinstein Foundation

Haig Fund

Haig Fund

Development Gateway

Development Gateway

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together

Selectivity

Selectivity

Idaho

Idaho

Harrison, William (Administration)

Harrison, William (Administration)

Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps

Polk, James (Administration)

Polk, James (Administration)

Roy Wilkins Center

Roy Wilkins Center

Harrison, Benjamin (Administration)

Harrison, Benjamin (Administration)

Intrahousehold Transfers

Intrahousehold Transfers

Thompson, T. Phillips

Thompson, T. Phillips

Tyler, John (Administration)

Tyler, John (Administration)

Lingap Children’s Foundation

Lingap Children’s Foundation

Milwaukee New Hope Program

Milwaukee New Hope Program

God’s Child Project

God’s Child Project

Pro Mujer

Pro Mujer

Donnelly, Ignatius

Donnelly, Ignatius

Gilder, George

Gilder, George

American Friends Service Committee

American Friends Service Committee

Albania

Albania

Childreach

Childreach

Cyprus

Cyprus

Education Millennium Development Goals

Education Millennium Development Goals

End Hunger Network

End Hunger Network

Macedonia (FYROM)

Macedonia (FYROM)

Joint Center for Poverty Research

Joint Center for Poverty Research

Judaism and Poverty

Judaism and Poverty

USDA Poverty Line

USDA Poverty Line

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax

Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) Measures of Poverty

Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) Measures of Poverty

Cyclical Poverty

Cyclical Poverty

Kennedy, John F. (Administration)

Kennedy, John F. (Administration)

Deprivation, Relative

Deprivation, Relative

Destitution

Destitution

World Vision

World Vision

Kosova

Kosova

Share Our Strength

Share Our Strength

Employment Policies Institute

Employment Policies Institute

Description

The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark work, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. For instance, while continued high rates of income inequality might be unsurprising in developing countries such as Mexico, the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported in May 2013 even countries with historically low levels of income inequality have experienced significant increases over the past decade, including Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The U.N. and the World Bank also emphasize the persistent nature of the problem.   It is not all bad news. In March 2013, the Guardian newspaper reported, “Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates.” On the other hand, the U.N. says environmental threats from climate change could push billions more into extreme poverty in coming decades. All of these points lead to the need for a revised, updated, and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Key Features:

  • 775 evaluated and updated and 175 entirely new entries
  • New Reader’s Guide categories
  • Signed articles, with cross-references
  • Further Readings will be accompanied by pedagogical elements
  • Updated Chronology, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough new Index

The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition is a dependable source for students and researchers who are researching world poverty, making it a must-have reference for all academic libraries.

Contents

Global Poverty Project

Global Poverty Project

Education Premium

Education Premium

Unemployment

Unemployment

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ Compensation

Economic Growth

Economic Growth

Gandhi, Mahatma

Gandhi, Mahatma

Income Distribution Theories

Income Distribution Theories

Income Inequality

Income Inequality

Malthus, Thomas

Malthus, Thomas

Debt

Debt

Justice and Poverty

Justice and Poverty

Sen, Amartya

Sen, Amartya

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage

Aquinas, Thomas

Aquinas, Thomas

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Economic Inequality

Economic Inequality

Equality

Equality

Equity and Efficiency Trade-Off

Equity and Efficiency Trade-Off

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Calvin, John

Calvin, John

Haiti

Haiti

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Polanyi, Karl

Polanyi, Karl

Redistribution

Redistribution

Technology and Public Policy

Technology and Public Policy

Economic Self-sufficiency

Economic Self-sufficiency

Labor Market

Labor Market

Means-Testing

Means-Testing

Social Exclusion

Social Exclusion

Work-Welfare Programs

Work-Welfare Programs

Indicators of Poverty

Indicators of Poverty

Medicaid

Medicaid

Capability Measure of Poverty

Capability Measure of Poverty

Welfare State

Welfare State

National Center for Children in Poverty

National Center for Children in Poverty

Reproductive Health and Rights

Reproductive Health and Rights

Senegal

Senegal

Nepal

Nepal

Pension Programs

Pension Programs

Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

Argentina

Argentina

Prebisch, Raul

Prebisch, Raul

Welfare Dependence

Welfare Dependence

Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Chad

Chad

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Uruguay

Uruguay

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Area Deprivation

Area Deprivation

Deprivation

Deprivation

Rural Antipoverty Programs

Rural Antipoverty Programs

Rural Deprivation

Rural Deprivation

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Nigeria

Nigeria

Owen, Robert

Owen, Robert

Rawls, John

Rawls, John

Colonialism and Imperialism

Colonialism and Imperialism

Poverty, History of

Poverty, History of

Mendicant Orders

Mendicant Orders

Poor Laws

Poor Laws

Feminization of Poverty

Feminization of Poverty

Basic Needs

Basic Needs

Ford, Gerald (Administration)

Ford, Gerald (Administration)

Germany

Germany

Michigan

Michigan

World War I

World War I

World War II

World War II

Israel

Israel

Gini Coefficient

Gini Coefficient

Microcredit

Microcredit

Neoclassical Thought

Neoclassical Thought

Ancient Thought

Ancient Thought

Medieval Thought

Medieval Thought

Mississippi

Mississippi

Burundi

Burundi

Congo, Democratic Republic

Congo, Democratic Republic

Uganda

Uganda

Peru

Peru

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

Slums

Slums

Chile

Chile

Ukraine

Ukraine

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Refugees

Environmental Refugees

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Stigmatization

Stigmatization

Brazil

Brazil

Brazilian Definition of Poverty

Brazilian Definition of Poverty

Paraguay

Paraguay

Capitalism

Capitalism

Child Trafficking

Child Trafficking

Public Policy

Public Policy

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Gender and Food Security

Gender and Food Security

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

Apartheid

Apartheid

Botswana

Botswana

Street Children

Street Children

Urban Antipoverty Programs

Urban Antipoverty Programs

India

India

Nonincome Poverty

Nonincome Poverty

Franciscan Order

Franciscan Order

Bhutan

Bhutan

Economic Definitions of Poverty

Economic Definitions of Poverty

Gender and Land Rights

Gender and Land Rights

Kenya

Kenya

Homelessness

Homelessness

Lewis, Arthur

Lewis, Arthur

Children and Poverty

Children and Poverty

Myanmar

Myanmar

Poland

Poland

California

California

Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

Adjustment Programs

Adjustment Programs

Crime

Crime

Demographics

Demographics

Human Poverty Index

Human Poverty Index

Migration

Migration

Social Movements

Social Movements

Corruption

Corruption

Famine

Famine

French Revolution

French Revolution

Laissez-Faire

Laissez-Faire

Oxfam

Oxfam

Physiocrats

Physiocrats

Smith, Adam

Smith, Adam

Thailand

Thailand

Marx, Karl

Marx, Karl

Structuralist School

Structuralist School

Education and Sustainable Development

Education and Sustainable Development

Pakistan

Pakistan

Colombia

Colombia

Mexico

Mexico

Asset-Based Measures of Poverty

Asset-Based Measures of Poverty

Canada

Canada

Human Development

Human Development

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Frank, Andre Gunder

Frank, Andre Gunder

Wallerstein, Immanuel

Wallerstein, Immanuel

Kentucky

Kentucky

Measles

Measles

Mercantilism

Mercantilism

West Virginia

West Virginia

North Carolina

North Carolina

Mill, John Stuart

Mill, John Stuart

Tennessee

Tennessee

North Korea

North Korea

Polio

Polio

War and Poverty

War and Poverty

Water

Water

Water Technology

Water Technology

War on Poverty

War on Poverty

Education Equity

Education Equity

Christian Community Health Fellowship

Christian Community Health Fellowship

Church World Service

Church World Service

International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee

Natural Disaster Refugees

Natural Disaster Refugees

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Foucault, Michael

Foucault, Michael

Food Consumption and Poverty

Food Consumption and Poverty

Malnutrition

Malnutrition

Malaria

Malaria

Mali

Mali

Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Cambodia

Cambodia

Carnegie, Andrew

Carnegie, Andrew

Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers

China

China

Feudalism

Feudalism

Franklin, Benjamin

Franklin, Benjamin

Globalization

Globalization

Belarus

Belarus

Lithuania

Lithuania

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility

Sudan

Sudan

European Union Definition of Poverty

European Union Definition of Poverty

Equity in Health

Equity in Health

Grenada

Grenada

Income Poverty

Income Poverty

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Jamaica

Jamaica

Working Poor

Working Poor

Education and Technology

Education and Technology

France

France

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Evans, George Henry

Evans, George Henry

Galbraith, John Kenneth

Galbraith, John Kenneth

International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

Laos

Laos

Malaysia

Malaysia

National Coalition on Health Care

National Coalition on Health Care

Roosevelt, Franklin (Administration)

Roosevelt, Franklin (Administration)

Roosevelt, Theodore (Administration)

Roosevelt, Theodore (Administration)

Singapore

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Environmental Federalism

Environmental Federalism

Natural Resource Management

Natural Resource Management

Representation

Representation

Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke Index

Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke Index

Earth Institute

Earth Institute

Ireland

Ireland

Irish Famine

Irish Famine

Measurement of Sustainable Development

Measurement of Sustainable Development

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Disability and Poverty

Disability and Poverty

Disability Insurance

Disability Insurance

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Scientific Definitions of Poverty

Scientific Definitions of Poverty

Children Out-Of-School

Children Out-Of-School

Class Structure

Class Structure

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education

Egypt

Egypt

Poverty Traps

Poverty Traps

CDF Black Community Crusade for Children

CDF Black Community Crusade for Children

Philippines

Philippines

Tertiary Education

Tertiary Education

Engels, Friedrich

Engels, Friedrich

Gender Discrimination

Gender Discrimination

Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Women

Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Women

Suriname

Suriname

Poverty Gap

Poverty Gap

Environmental Degradation

Environmental Degradation

Environmentalism of the Poor and Economic Justice

Environmentalism of the Poor and Economic Justice

Absenteeism and child poverty

Absenteeism and child poverty

Vietnam

Vietnam

Social Assistance

Social Assistance

Poverty Gap Index

Poverty Gap Index

Conservatism

Conservatism

Fabian Society

Fabian Society

Social Democracy

Social Democracy

Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation

Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation

Somalia

Somalia

Family Size and Structure

Family Size and Structure

Gender Division of Labor

Gender Division of Labor

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Save the Children

Save the Children

World Bank Poverty Lines

World Bank Poverty Lines

Fourth World

Fourth World

G-8 Africa Action Plan

G-8 Africa Action Plan

Development Aid

Development Aid

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Mobile Phones

Mobile Phones

Technology Divide

Technology Divide

Islam and Poverty

Islam and Poverty

Credit

Credit

Georgia (State)

Georgia (State)

Poverty, Culture of

Poverty, Culture of

Education

Education

Educational Vouchers

Educational Vouchers

Housing Assistance

Housing Assistance

Harding, Warren (Administration)

Harding, Warren (Administration)

School and Housing Segregation

School and Housing Segregation

Truman, Harry (Administration)

Truman, Harry (Administration)

Education and Opportunity

Education and Opportunity

Private and Public Education

Private and Public Education

Modern Environmentalism

Modern Environmentalism

Planning

Planning

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

Louisiana

Louisiana

Communism

Communism

Conflict

Conflict

Foreign Aid

Foreign Aid

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Resilience and Education

Resilience and Education

Hobbes, Thomas

Hobbes, Thomas

WomenWatch

WomenWatch

Environmental economics

Environmental economics

Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)

Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)

Luxemburg, Rosa

Luxemburg, Rosa

Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment

International Environmentalism

International Environmentalism

Technology and Replenishable Energy

Technology and Replenishable Energy

Presbyterian Hunger Project

Presbyterian Hunger Project

Cameroon

Cameroon

Exploitation

Exploitation

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Public Goods

Public Goods

Supply-Side Economics

Supply-Side Economics

World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

International Trade

International Trade

Mongolia

Mongolia

Structural Dependency

Structural Dependency

World Bank

World Bank

Corporate Environmentalism

Corporate Environmentalism

Economics of Consumption

Economics of Consumption

Human Capital

Human Capital

Earned-Income Tax Credit

Earned-Income Tax Credit

Dengue fever

Dengue fever

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Education Theories

Education Theories

Exclusion

Exclusion

Great Depression

Great Depression

Hungary

Hungary

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Socialism

Socialism

Women’s Empowerment

Women’s Empowerment

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Children’s Aid Society

Children’s Aid Society

Alliance for International Women’s Rights

Alliance for International Women’s Rights

Weber, Max

Weber, Max

Black, Hugo L.

Black, Hugo L.

Bryan, William Jennings

Bryan, William Jennings

Feminist Approaches to Poverty

Feminist Approaches to Poverty

Lumpenproletariat

Lumpenproletariat

Missing Women

Missing Women

Market Efficiency

Market Efficiency

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Brandeis, Louis D.

Brandeis, Louis D.

Fraud

Fraud

Locke, John

Locke, John

Subjective Measures of Poverty

Subjective Measures of Poverty

Workforce

Workforce

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Underclass

Underclass

Jesuits

Jesuits

Japan

Japan

Food Shortages

Food Shortages

Oral Health Care

Oral Health Care

World Food Program

World Food Program

Lincoln, Abraham (Administration)

Lincoln, Abraham (Administration)

Washington, George (Administration)

Washington, George (Administration)

Achievement Gap

Achievement Gap

Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Educational Praxis

Educational Praxis

Children’s Defense Fund

Children’s Defense Fund

Gender and Allocation of Time

Gender and Allocation of Time

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Civic Society

Civic Society

Contextual Poverty

Contextual Poverty

Class Analysis of Poverty

Class Analysis of Poverty

Basic Security

Basic Security

Child Mortality

Child Mortality

Recession

Recession

UNICEF

UNICEF

Aboriginal Health and Poverty

Aboriginal Health and Poverty

Global Education First Initiative

Global Education First Initiative

Nongovernmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations

Alabama

Alabama

Secondary Education

Secondary Education

Child Care

Child Care

Deprivation Index

Deprivation Index

Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Investment in Health

Investment in Health

Human Rights and Poverty

Human Rights and Poverty

Asset-Based Antipoverty Programs

Asset-Based Antipoverty Programs

Great Society Programs

Great Society Programs

Sequestration

Sequestration

New Technology: Risks and Gains

New Technology: Risks and Gains

Social and Solidarity Economy

Social and Solidarity Economy

Technological Unemployment

Technological Unemployment

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer

New York

New York

Employment

Employment

Financial Aid

Financial Aid

Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Insurance

Food Stamps

Food Stamps

Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

United Way

United Way

Clinton, William (Administration)

Clinton, William (Administration)

Johnson, Lyndon (Administration)

Johnson, Lyndon (Administration)

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Third Way

Third Way

Wilson, Woodrow (Administration)

Wilson, Woodrow (Administration)

Knowledge Poverty

Knowledge Poverty

Social Media

Social Media

United States

United States

Drought

Drought

Syria

Syria

United Nations Development Program

United Nations Development Program

Vermont

Vermont

World Health Organization

World Health Organization

UNDP Regional Project for Overcoming Poverty

UNDP Regional Project for Overcoming Poverty

G-8

G-8

Free Trade Agreement of Americas

Free Trade Agreement of Americas

Turkey

Turkey

World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Florida

Florida

Global Health Initiatives

Global Health Initiatives

Equivalence Scales

Equivalence Scales

Technology and Poverty Alleviation

Technology and Poverty Alleviation

Heilbroner, Robert

Heilbroner, Robert

Marshall, Alfred

Marshall, Alfred

Greece

Greece

Poverty Threshold

Poverty Threshold

Sen Index

Sen Index

Basic Income

Basic Income

Economic Liberalization

Economic Liberalization

Ricardo, David

Ricardo, David

Scarcity

Scarcity

Grant, Ulysses (Administration)

Grant, Ulysses (Administration)

Contraceptive Prevalence

Contraceptive Prevalence

Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy

Dependency Ratio

Dependency Ratio

Catastrophic Health Expenditure

Catastrophic Health Expenditure

Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty

Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty

Starvation

Starvation

Cold War

Cold War

Peripheral Poverty

Peripheral Poverty

Permanent (Collective) Poverty

Permanent (Collective) Poverty

Head Start

Head Start

Hull House

Hull House

Millennium Villages Project

Millennium Villages Project

Palestine

Palestine

Reagan, Ronald (Administration)

Reagan, Ronald (Administration)

Barbados

Barbados

Qatar

Qatar

Agricultural technology

Agricultural technology

Agriculture

Agriculture

Food First

Food First

Guatemala

Guatemala

Standard Food Basket

Standard Food Basket

Adult Literacy Programs

Adult Literacy Programs

Debt Relief

Debt Relief

Bolsa Familia

Bolsa Familia

Samaritans

Samaritans

Social Insecurity

Social Insecurity

Standard of Living

Standard of Living

Voluntary Poverty

Voluntary Poverty

Cost of Living

Cost of Living

Guaranteed Assistance

Guaranteed Assistance

Means-Tested Government Antipoverty Programs

Means-Tested Government Antipoverty Programs

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income

Cuba

Cuba

Australian Definition of Poverty

Australian Definition of Poverty

Disease eradication and elimination programs

Disease eradication and elimination programs

Social Inequality

Social Inequality

South Sudan

South Sudan

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

Employment Theory

Employment Theory

Financial Markets

Financial Markets

Gender Gap in Agriculture

Gender Gap in Agriculture

Industrialization

Industrialization

Mauritania

Mauritania

Women and Poverty

Women and Poverty

Chinese Definition of Poverty

Chinese Definition of Poverty

Nutrition

Nutrition

Futures without Violence

Futures without Violence

American Radical Environmentalism

American Radical Environmentalism

World Social Forum

World Social Forum

Civic Environmentalism and Environmental NGOs

Civic Environmentalism and Environmental NGOs

Gender-Parity Index

Gender-Parity Index

Household Consumption

Household Consumption

Niger

Niger

Bush, George W. (Administration)

Bush, George W. (Administration)

Feeding America

Feeding America

Venezuela

Venezuela

Missionaries

Missionaries

Technology Diffusion

Technology Diffusion

Grameen Phone and Telecom

Grameen Phone and Telecom

Technology Expenditure

Technology Expenditure

Primary Education

Primary Education

Universal Primary Education

Universal Primary Education

World Bank New Education Strategy

World Bank New Education Strategy

Adolescent Girls Initiative, The

Adolescent Girls Initiative, The

Belize

Belize

Child Malnutrition

Child Malnutrition

Community Development and Poverty Reduction

Community Development and Poverty Reduction

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Extreme Poverty

Extreme Poverty

Genetically modified organisms

Genetically modified organisms

Girl Effect Dividend, The

Girl Effect Dividend, The

Information and Communication Technology and Poverty

Information and Communication Technology and Poverty

International Labor Organization

International Labor Organization

Literacy and Illiteracy Rates

Literacy and Illiteracy Rates

Mapping Poverty

Mapping Poverty

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Needs

Needs

Traumatic Poverty

Traumatic Poverty

Wage Slavery

Wage Slavery

Women’s Global Empowerment Fund

Women’s Global Empowerment Fund

Harrington, Michael

Harrington, Michael

National Education Association

National Education Association

Eritrea

Eritrea

Overall Poverty

Overall Poverty

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Technology Absorption and Appropriate Technology

Technology Absorption and Appropriate Technology

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Medicare

Medicare

Economic Dependence

Economic Dependence

Economic Distance

Economic Distance

Economic Growth and Technology

Economic Growth and Technology

Social Disqualification

Social Disqualification

Pro-Poor Growth

Pro-Poor Growth

Great Recession 2007-2008

Great Recession 2007-2008

Privatization

Privatization

Conspicuous (status) Consumption and Poverty

Conspicuous (status) Consumption and Poverty

Poverty Assessment

Poverty Assessment

Utopian Socialists

Utopian Socialists

Dependency School

Dependency School

Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination

Almshouses

Almshouses

Transition Rate

Transition Rate

Living Waters for the World

Living Waters for the World

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)

Primary Poverty

Primary Poverty

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Lesotho

Lesotho

South Africa

South Africa

Swaziland

Swaziland

School Feeding Programs

School Feeding Programs

Poverty Research

Poverty Research

Africa Faith and Justice Network

Africa Faith and Justice Network

African Development Foundation

African Development Foundation

Ecuador

Ecuador

Hobson, John

Hobson, John

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics

Finland

Finland

Household Employment

Household Employment

Nonworking Poor

Nonworking Poor

Disease

Disease

Pneumonia

Pneumonia

Center for the Study of Urban Poverty

Center for the Study of Urban Poverty

Distribution

Distribution

Entitlement

Entitlement

Fuel Poverty

Fuel Poverty

Giddens, Anthony

Giddens, Anthony

Institute for Research on Poverty

Institute for Research on Poverty

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Conference for Community and Justice

National Conference for Community and Justice

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

YMCA and YWCA

YMCA and YWCA

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

Secondary Poverty

Secondary Poverty

Romania

Romania

Community-Based Antipoverty Programs

Community-Based Antipoverty Programs

United Methodist Church Initiatives

United Methodist Church Initiatives

Russia

Russia

Cote d’Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire

Rwanda

Rwanda

Inflation

Inflation

Beveridge Scheme

Beveridge Scheme

Charity Organization Society

Charity Organization Society

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bahrain

Italy

Italy

Jordan

Jordan

National Poverty Reduction Strategy

National Poverty Reduction Strategy

New Mexico

New Mexico

Comic Relief

Comic Relief

Poverty Rate

Poverty Rate

Regulation

Regulation

Child Consumption Poverty

Child Consumption Poverty

Poverty Clock

Poverty Clock

Iraq

Iraq

Doha Declaration

Doha Declaration

International Development Cooperation Forum

International Development Cooperation Forum

Jubilee 2000

Jubilee 2000

Ghana

Ghana

Ultimate Poverty

Ultimate Poverty

Consumption-Based Measures of Poverty

Consumption-Based Measures of Poverty

Iran

Iran

Algeria

Algeria

Angola

Angola

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Eisenhower, Dwight (Administration)

Eisenhower, Dwight (Administration)

Christian Antipoverty Campaigns

Christian Antipoverty Campaigns

Jefferson, Thomas (Administration)

Jefferson, Thomas (Administration)

Maine

Maine

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Goodwill Industries

Goodwill Industries

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry

Help the Aged

Help the Aged

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Living Wage Campaign

Living Wage Campaign

Illinois

Illinois

North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement

Cash and in-kind transfers

Cash and in-kind transfers

Extended Poverty Minimum

Extended Poverty Minimum

Macroeconomic Policies

Macroeconomic Policies

Malawi

Malawi

Millennium Promise Alliance

Millennium Promise Alliance

Endemic Poverty

Endemic Poverty

Coolidge, Calvin (Administration)

Coolidge, Calvin (Administration)

Hoover, Herbert(Administration)

Hoover, Herbert(Administration)

Nixon, Richard (Administration)

Nixon, Richard (Administration)

National Fatherhood Initiative

National Fatherhood Initiative

Protestant Churches

Protestant Churches

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Church of England

Church of England

Child Immunization and Vaccination

Child Immunization and Vaccination

Bellamy, Edward

Bellamy, Edward

Coughlin, Charles

Coughlin, Charles

Texas

Texas

Dropout rates

Dropout rates

Lebanon

Lebanon

Economic Insecurity

Economic Insecurity

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal Policy

Pollution

Pollution

Friedman, Milton

Friedman, Milton

Duration of Poverty

Duration of Poverty

Brotherhood of St. Laurence

Brotherhood of St. Laurence

Bolivia

Bolivia

Spain

Spain

South Korea

South Korea

CARE

CARE

Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders

Maldives

Maldives

National Poverty Center

National Poverty Center

Alliance for Excellent Education

Alliance for Excellent Education

Center for American Progress

Center for American Progress

Center on Hunger and Poverty

Center on Hunger and Poverty

Donor Aid to Education

Donor Aid to Education

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty

Neglected Diseases

Neglected Diseases

UBN-PL Method

UBN-PL Method

George, Henry

George, Henry

Greeley, Horace

Greeley, Horace

New Zealand

New Zealand

National Policies for Education

National Policies for Education

Rural Poverty Research Center

Rural Poverty Research Center

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity

Child Welfare League of America

Child Welfare League of America

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

TIP Curves

TIP Curves

Normative Standards

Normative Standards

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Consumption Poverty

Consumption Poverty

Household Saving and Dissaving

Household Saving and Dissaving

Income

Income

Stabilization

Stabilization

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Switzerland

Switzerland

Liberia

Liberia

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

International Food Policy Research Institute

International Food Policy Research Institute

Lawyers Without Borders

Lawyers Without Borders

Connecticut

Connecticut

Chained Consumer Price Index

Chained Consumer Price Index

Access-to-Enterprise Zones

Access-to-Enterprise Zones

Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage

Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage

Comparative Research Program on Poverty

Comparative Research Program on Poverty

Debt Swap

Debt Swap

European Relative-Income Standard of Poverty

European Relative-Income Standard of Poverty

Financing New Technology

Financing New Technology

Food-Ratio Poverty Line

Food-Ratio Poverty Line

National Health Account

National Health Account

Rationing

Rationing

Resource-Based Measures of Poverty

Resource-Based Measures of Poverty

Social Budgeting

Social Budgeting

Standard Food Basket Variant

Standard Food Basket Variant

Wants

Wants

Timor L’Este

Timor L’Este

Mozambique

Mozambique

Togo

Togo

Foods Resource Bank

Foods Resource Bank

Morocco

Morocco

Tunisia

Tunisia

Djibouti

Djibouti

Armenia

Armenia

Bahamas

Bahamas

Benin

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Congo

Congo

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Dominica

Dominica

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Estonia

Gabon

Gabon

Gambia

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

Slovakia

Slovakia

Yemen

Yemen

Madagascar

Madagascar

Mauritius

Mauritius

Arizona

Arizona

Arkansas

Arkansas

Colorado

Colorado

Delaware

Delaware

Children’s Hunger Relief

Children’s Hunger Relief

Docs for Tots

Docs for Tots

Indonesia

Indonesia

Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa

Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Missouri

Missouri

Nevada

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Jersey

North Dakota

North Dakota

Ohio

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Portugal

Portugal

Salvation Army

Salvation Army

Virginia

Virginia

Wyoming

Wyoming

Zambia

Zambia

Absolute-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Absolute-Income-Based Measures of Poverty

Iceland

Iceland

Minnesota

Minnesota

Food Research and Action Center

Food Research and Action Center

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The

World Concern

World Concern

Andorra

Andorra

Panama

Panama

Engel Coefficient

Engel Coefficient

Headcount Index

Headcount Index

Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Index

Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Index

Australia

Australia

Oregon

Oregon

Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Utah

Utah

Arab Definition of Poverty

Arab Definition of Poverty

Biodiversity International

Biodiversity International

Charitywater

Charitywater

ChildLine

ChildLine

Communicable diseases

Communicable diseases

Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity

Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity

International Forum for Child Development

International Forum for Child Development

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Luxembourg Employment Study

Luxembourg Employment Study

Luxembourg Income Study

Luxembourg Income Study

Medical Technology and Poverty

Medical Technology and Poverty

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Coalition on Barrios Unidos

National Coalition on Barrios Unidos

National Interfaith Community for Worker Justice

National Interfaith Community for Worker Justice

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

National Research Council, United States

National Research Council, United States

Low-Income Cut-Offs

Low-Income Cut-Offs

Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty

Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty

Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis

High Technology and International Trade

High Technology and International Trade

Household Income

Household Income

Indiana

Indiana

Libya

Libya

Monaco

Monaco

Namibia

Namibia

Nebraska

Nebraska

Tanzania

Tanzania

Students Against Sweatshops

Students Against Sweatshops

Senate Hunger Caucus

Senate Hunger Caucus

Congressional Hunger Center

Congressional Hunger Center

Green Economy Initiative

Green Economy Initiative

Inter-American Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Living Standards Measurement Study

Living Standards Measurement Study

Microeconomics

Microeconomics

Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)

Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)

Heifer Project

Heifer Project

March of Dimes

March of Dimes

Adams, John (Administration)

Adams, John (Administration)

Adams, John Quincy (Administration)

Adams, John Quincy (Administration)

American Samoa

American Samoa

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Austria

Austria

Belgium

Belgium

Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Comoros

Comoros

Croatia

Croatia

de Soto, Hernando

de Soto, Hernando

Denmark

Denmark

El Salvador

El Salvador

Fiji

Fiji

Georgia (Country)

Georgia (Country)

Guam

Guam

Guyana

Guyana

Honduras

Honduras

Kiribati

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kuwait

Latvia

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Malta

Malta

Micronesia

Micronesia

Moldova

Moldova

Nauru

Nauru

Netherlands

Netherlands

Northern Marianas Islands

Northern Marianas Islands

Norway

Norway

Oman

Oman

Palau

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

Samoa

San Marino

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Seychelles

Slovenia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Sweden

Sweden

Tonga

Tonga

Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

Bush, George H. W. (Administration)

Bush, George H. W. (Administration)

Center on Budget and Policies Priorities

Center on Budget and Policies Priorities

Jackson, Andrew (Administration)

Jackson, Andrew (Administration)

Van Buren, Martin (Administration)

Van Buren, Martin (Administration)

Campus Compact

Campus Compact

Buchanan, James (Administration)

Buchanan, James (Administration)

Cleveland, Grover (Administration)

Cleveland, Grover (Administration)

Democratic Party

Democratic Party

Federal Targeted Training

Federal Targeted Training

Fillmore, Millard (Administration)

Fillmore, Millard (Administration)

Republican Party

Republican Party

Garfield, James (Administration)

Garfield, James (Administration)

Hayes, Rutherford (Administration)

Hayes, Rutherford (Administration)

Johnson, Andrew (Administration)

Johnson, Andrew (Administration)

Madison, James (Administration)

Madison, James (Administration)

McKinley, William (Administration)

McKinley, William (Administration)

Monroe, James (Administration)

Monroe, James (Administration)

Pierce, Franklin (Administration)

Pierce, Franklin (Administration)

Taft, William Howard (Administration)

Taft, William Howard (Administration)

Taylor, Zachary (Administration)

Taylor, Zachary (Administration)

Carter, James (Administration)

Carter, James (Administration)

Mortality Rate

Mortality Rate

Alaska

Alaska

Hawaii

Hawaii

United Methodist Committee on Relief

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Arthur, Chester (Administration)

Arthur, Chester (Administration)

Family Budgets

Family Budgets

Family Desertion

Family Desertion

Maryland

Maryland

Christmas Seals

Christmas Seals

Second Harvest

Second Harvest

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

American Graduate

American Graduate

Iowa

Iowa

Kansas

Kansas

Montana

Montana

Relative Welfare Index

Relative Welfare Index

South Carolina

South Carolina

South Dakota

South Dakota

Washington

Washington

Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers

Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers

Eliminate Project, The

Eliminate Project, The

Feinstein Foundation

Feinstein Foundation

Haig Fund

Haig Fund

Development Gateway

Development Gateway

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together

Selectivity

Selectivity

Idaho

Idaho

Harrison, William (Administration)

Harrison, William (Administration)

Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps

Polk, James (Administration)

Polk, James (Administration)

Roy Wilkins Center

Roy Wilkins Center

Harrison, Benjamin (Administration)

Harrison, Benjamin (Administration)

Intrahousehold Transfers

Intrahousehold Transfers

Thompson, T. Phillips

Thompson, T. Phillips

Tyler, John (Administration)

Tyler, John (Administration)

Lingap Children’s Foundation

Lingap Children’s Foundation

Milwaukee New Hope Program

Milwaukee New Hope Program

God’s Child Project

God’s Child Project

Pro Mujer

Pro Mujer

Donnelly, Ignatius

Donnelly, Ignatius

Gilder, George

Gilder, George

American Friends Service Committee

American Friends Service Committee

Albania

Albania

Childreach

Childreach

Cyprus

Cyprus

Education Millennium Development Goals

Education Millennium Development Goals

End Hunger Network

End Hunger Network

Macedonia (FYROM)

Macedonia (FYROM)

Joint Center for Poverty Research

Joint Center for Poverty Research

Judaism and Poverty

Judaism and Poverty

USDA Poverty Line

USDA Poverty Line

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax

Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) Measures of Poverty

Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) Measures of Poverty

Cyclical Poverty

Cyclical Poverty

Kennedy, John F. (Administration)

Kennedy, John F. (Administration)

Deprivation, Relative

Deprivation, Relative

Destitution

Destitution

World Vision

World Vision

Kosova

Kosova

Share Our Strength

Share Our Strength

Employment Policies Institute

Employment Policies Institute

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty


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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark work, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. For instance, while continued high rates of income inequality might be unsurprising in developing countries such as Mexico, the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported in May 2013 even countries with historically low levels of income inequality have experienced significant increases over the past decade, including Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The U.N. and the World Bank also emphasize the persistent nature of the problem.   It is not all bad news. In March 2013, the Guardian newspaper reported, “Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates.” On the other hand, the U.N. says environmental threats from climate change could push billions more into extreme poverty in coming decades. All of these points lead to the need for a revised, updated, and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Key Features:

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  • New Reader’s Guide categories
  • Signed articles, with cross-references
  • Further Readings will be accompanied by pedagogical elements
  • Updated Chronology, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough new Index

The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition is a dependable source for students and researchers who are researching world poverty, making it a must-have reference for all academic libraries.


Table Of Contents:

  • Global Poverty Project
  • Education Premium
  • Unemployment
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Economic Growth
  • Gandhi, Mahatma
  • Income Distribution Theories
  • Income Inequality
  • Malthus, Thomas
  • Debt
  • Justice and Poverty
  • Sen, Amartya
  • Sierra Leone
  • Minimum Wage
  • Aquinas, Thomas
  • Catholic Campaign for Human Development
  • Economic Inequality
  • Equality
  • Equity and Efficiency Trade-Off
  • Francis of Assisi
  • Mother Teresa
  • Calvin, John
  • Haiti
  • Les Misérables
  • Polanyi, Karl
  • Redistribution
  • Technology and Public Policy
  • Economic Self-sufficiency
  • Labor Market
  • Means-Testing
  • Social Exclusion
  • Work-Welfare Programs
  • Indicators of Poverty
  • Medicaid
  • Capability Measure of Poverty
  • Welfare State
  • National Center for Children in Poverty
  • Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Senegal
  • Nepal
  • Pension Programs
  • Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)
  • Argentina
  • Prebisch, Raul
  • Welfare Dependence
  • Tajikistan
  • Chad
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Uruguay
  • Puerto Rico
  • Area Deprivation
  • Deprivation
  • Rural Antipoverty Programs
  • Rural Deprivation
  • Neoliberalism
  • Nigeria
  • Owen, Robert
  • Rawls, John
  • Colonialism and Imperialism
  • Poverty, History of
  • Mendicant Orders
  • Poor Laws
  • Feminization of Poverty
  • Basic Needs
  • Ford, Gerald (Administration)
  • Germany
  • Michigan
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Israel
  • Gini Coefficient
  • Microcredit
  • Neoclassical Thought
  • Ancient Thought
  • Medieval Thought
  • Mississippi
  • Burundi
  • Congo, Democratic Republic
  • Uganda
  • Peru
  • Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
  • Slums
  • Chile
  • Ukraine
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Refugees
  • Wisconsin
  • Stigmatization
  • Brazil
  • Brazilian Definition of Poverty
  • Paraguay
  • Capitalism
  • Child Trafficking
  • Public Policy
  • Ethiopia
  • Gender and Food Security
  • New Partnership for Africa’s Development
  • Apartheid
  • Botswana
  • Street Children
  • Urban Antipoverty Programs
  • India
  • Nonincome Poverty
  • Franciscan Order
  • Bhutan
  • Economic Definitions of Poverty
  • Gender and Land Rights
  • Kenya
  • Homelessness
  • Lewis, Arthur
  • Children and Poverty
  • Myanmar
  • Poland
  • California
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Adjustment Programs
  • Crime
  • Demographics
  • Human Poverty Index
  • Migration
  • Social Movements
  • Corruption
  • Famine
  • French Revolution
  • Laissez-Faire
  • Oxfam
  • Physiocrats
  • Smith, Adam
  • Thailand
  • Marx, Karl
  • Structuralist School
  • Education and Sustainable Development
  • Pakistan
  • Colombia
  • Mexico
  • Asset-Based Measures of Poverty
  • Canada
  • Human Development
  • Multidimensional Poverty Index
  • Frank, Andre Gunder
  • Wallerstein, Immanuel
  • Kentucky
  • Measles
  • Mercantilism
  • West Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • Mill, John Stuart
  • Tennessee
  • North Korea
  • Polio
  • War and Poverty
  • Water
  • Water Technology
  • War on Poverty
  • Education Equity
  • Christian Community Health Fellowship
  • Church World Service
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Natural Disaster Refugees
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • Foucault, Michael
  • Food Consumption and Poverty
  • Malnutrition
  • Malaria
  • Mali
  • Afghanistan
  • Cambodia
  • Carnegie, Andrew
  • Child Soldiers
  • China
  • Feudalism
  • Franklin, Benjamin
  • Globalization
  • Belarus
  • Lithuania
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Sudan
  • European Union Definition of Poverty
  • Equity in Health
  • Grenada
  • Income Poverty
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Jamaica
  • Working Poor
  • Education and Technology
  • France
  • Bangladesh
  • Evans, George Henry
  • Galbraith, John Kenneth
  • International Monetary Fund
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • National Coalition on Health Care
  • Roosevelt, Franklin (Administration)
  • Roosevelt, Theodore (Administration)
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Environmental Federalism
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Representation
  • Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke Index
  • Earth Institute
  • Ireland
  • Irish Famine
  • Measurement of Sustainable Development
  • Solar Energy
  • United Kingdom
  • Disability and Poverty
  • Disability Insurance
  • Massachusetts
  • Scientific Definitions of Poverty
  • Children Out-Of-School
  • Class Structure
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Egypt
  • Poverty Traps
  • CDF Black Community Crusade for Children
  • Philippines
  • Tertiary Education
  • Engels, Friedrich
  • Gender Discrimination
  • Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Women
  • Suriname
  • Poverty Gap
  • Environmental Degradation
  • Environmentalism of the Poor and Economic Justice
  • Absenteeism and child poverty
  • Vietnam
  • Social Assistance
  • Poverty Gap Index
  • Conservatism
  • Fabian Society
  • Social Democracy
  • Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation
  • Somalia
  • Family Size and Structure
  • Gender Division of Labor
  • Medecins Sans Frontieres
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Polish Humanitarian Organization
  • Save the Children
  • World Bank Poverty Lines
  • Fourth World
  • G-8 Africa Action Plan
  • Development Aid
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Mobile Phones
  • Technology Divide
  • Islam and Poverty
  • Credit
  • Georgia (State)
  • Poverty, Culture of
  • Education
  • Educational Vouchers
  • Housing Assistance
  • Harding, Warren (Administration)
  • School and Housing Segregation
  • Truman, Harry (Administration)
  • Education and Opportunity
  • Private and Public Education
  • Modern Environmentalism
  • Planning
  • Serbia and Montenegro
  • Domestic Violence
  • Louisiana
  • Communism
  • Conflict
  • Foreign Aid
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Resilience and Education
  • Hobbes, Thomas
  • WomenWatch
  • Environmental economics
  • Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)
  • Luxemburg, Rosa
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • International Environmentalism
  • Technology and Replenishable Energy
  • Presbyterian Hunger Project
  • Cameroon
  • Exploitation
  • Kazakhstan
  • Outsourcing/Offshoring
  • Public Goods
  • Supply-Side Economics
  • World Economic Forum
  • International Trade
  • Mongolia
  • Structural Dependency
  • World Bank
  • Corporate Environmentalism
  • Economics of Consumption
  • Human Capital
  • Earned-Income Tax Credit
  • Dengue fever
  • Tuberculosis
  • Education Theories
  • Exclusion
  • Great Depression
  • Hungary
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Socialism
  • Women’s Empowerment
  • Nicaragua
  • Children’s Aid Society
  • Alliance for International Women’s Rights
  • Weber, Max
  • Black, Hugo L.
  • Bryan, William Jennings
  • Feminist Approaches to Poverty
  • Lumpenproletariat
  • Missing Women
  • Market Efficiency
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  • Brandeis, Louis D.
  • Fraud
  • Locke, John
  • Subjective Measures of Poverty
  • Workforce
  • Aid to Families with Dependent Children
  • Underclass
  • Jesuits
  • Japan
  • Food Shortages
  • Oral Health Care
  • World Food Program
  • Lincoln, Abraham (Administration)
  • Washington, George (Administration)
  • Achievement Gap
  • Vulnerability
  • Educational Praxis
  • Children’s Defense Fund
  • Gender and Allocation of Time
  • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Civic Society
  • Contextual Poverty
  • Class Analysis of Poverty
  • Basic Security
  • Child Mortality
  • Recession
  • UNICEF
  • Aboriginal Health and Poverty
  • Global Education First Initiative
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Alabama
  • Secondary Education
  • Child Care
  • Deprivation Index
  • Health-related Millennium Development Goals
  • Zimbabwe
  • Investment in Health
  • Human Rights and Poverty
  • Asset-Based Antipoverty Programs
  • Great Society Programs
  • Sequestration
  • New Technology: Risks and Gains
  • Social and Solidarity Economy
  • Technological Unemployment
  • Technology Transfer
  • New York
  • Employment
  • Financial Aid
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Food Stamps
  • Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty
  • United Way
  • Clinton, William (Administration)
  • Johnson, Lyndon (Administration)
  • Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
  • Third Way
  • Wilson, Woodrow (Administration)
  • Knowledge Poverty
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • Drought
  • Syria
  • United Nations Development Program
  • Vermont
  • World Health Organization
  • UNDP Regional Project for Overcoming Poverty
  • G-8
  • Free Trade Agreement of Americas
  • Turkey
  • World Trade Organization
  • Intellectual Property
  • Florida
  • Global Health Initiatives
  • Equivalence Scales
  • Technology and Poverty Alleviation
  • Heilbroner, Robert
  • Marshall, Alfred
  • Greece
  • Poverty Threshold
  • Sen Index
  • Basic Income
  • Economic Liberalization
  • Ricardo, David
  • Scarcity
  • Grant, Ulysses (Administration)
  • Contraceptive Prevalence
  • Monetary Policy
  • Dependency Ratio
  • Catastrophic Health Expenditure
  • Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty
  • Starvation
  • Cold War
  • Peripheral Poverty
  • Permanent (Collective) Poverty
  • Head Start
  • Hull House
  • Millennium Villages Project
  • Palestine
  • Reagan, Ronald (Administration)
  • Barbados
  • Qatar
  • Agricultural technology
  • Agriculture
  • Food First
  • Guatemala
  • Standard Food Basket
  • Adult Literacy Programs
  • Debt Relief
  • Bolsa Familia
  • Samaritans
  • Social Insecurity
  • Standard of Living
  • Voluntary Poverty
  • Cost of Living
  • Guaranteed Assistance
  • Means-Tested Government Antipoverty Programs
  • Supplemental Security Income
  • Cuba
  • Australian Definition of Poverty
  • Disease eradication and elimination programs
  • Social Inequality
  • South Sudan
  • Bankruptcy
  • Employment Theory
  • Financial Markets
  • Gender Gap in Agriculture
  • Industrialization
  • Mauritania
  • Women and Poverty
  • Chinese Definition of Poverty
  • Nutrition
  • Futures without Violence
  • American Radical Environmentalism
  • World Social Forum
  • Civic Environmentalism and Environmental NGOs
  • Gender-Parity Index
  • Household Consumption
  • Niger
  • Bush, George W. (Administration)
  • Feeding America
  • Venezuela
  • Missionaries
  • Technology Diffusion
  • Grameen Phone and Telecom
  • Technology Expenditure
  • Primary Education
  • Universal Primary Education
  • World Bank New Education Strategy
  • Adolescent Girls Initiative, The
  • Belize
  • Child Malnutrition
  • Community Development and Poverty Reduction
  • Costa Rica
  • Extreme Poverty
  • Genetically modified organisms
  • Girl Effect Dividend, The
  • Information and Communication Technology and Poverty
  • International Labor Organization
  • Literacy and Illiteracy Rates
  • Mapping Poverty
  • Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
  • Needs
  • Traumatic Poverty
  • Wage Slavery
  • Women’s Global Empowerment Fund
  • Harrington, Michael
  • National Education Association
  • Eritrea
  • Overall Poverty
  • Technical and Vocational Education and Training
  • Technology Absorption and Appropriate Technology
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Medicare
  • Economic Dependence
  • Economic Distance
  • Economic Growth and Technology
  • Social Disqualification
  • Pro-Poor Growth
  • Great Recession 2007-2008
  • Privatization
  • Conspicuous (status) Consumption and Poverty
  • Poverty Assessment
  • Utopian Socialists
  • Dependency School
  • Age Discrimination
  • Almshouses
  • Transition Rate
  • Living Waters for the World
  • National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)
  • Primary Poverty
  • Burkina Faso
  • Lesotho
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • School Feeding Programs
  • Poverty Research
  • Africa Faith and Justice Network
  • African Development Foundation
  • Ecuador
  • Hobson, John
  • Macroeconomics
  • Finland
  • Household Employment
  • Nonworking Poor
  • Disease
  • Pneumonia
  • Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
  • Distribution
  • Entitlement
  • Fuel Poverty
  • Giddens, Anthony
  • Institute for Research on Poverty
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • National Conference for Community and Justice
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • YMCA and YWCA
  • Marshall Islands
  • Secondary Poverty
  • Romania
  • Community-Based Antipoverty Programs
  • United Methodist Church Initiatives
  • Russia
  • Cote d’Ivoire
  • Rwanda
  • Inflation
  • Beveridge Scheme
  • Charity Organization Society
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • National Poverty Reduction Strategy
  • New Mexico
  • Comic Relief
  • Poverty Rate
  • Regulation
  • Child Consumption Poverty
  • Poverty Clock
  • Iraq
  • Doha Declaration
  • International Development Cooperation Forum
  • Jubilee 2000
  • Ghana
  • Ultimate Poverty
  • Consumption-Based Measures of Poverty
  • Iran
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Dominican Republic
  • Eisenhower, Dwight (Administration)
  • Christian Antipoverty Campaigns
  • Jefferson, Thomas (Administration)
  • Maine
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Food for the Hungry
  • Help the Aged
  • Pennsylvania
  • Living Wage Campaign
  • Illinois
  • North American Free Trade Agreement
  • Cash and in-kind transfers
  • Extended Poverty Minimum
  • Macroeconomic Policies
  • Malawi
  • Millennium Promise Alliance
  • Endemic Poverty
  • Coolidge, Calvin (Administration)
  • Hoover, Herbert(Administration)
  • Nixon, Richard (Administration)
  • National Fatherhood Initiative
  • Protestant Churches
  • Bulgaria
  • Church of England
  • Child Immunization and Vaccination
  • Bellamy, Edward
  • Coughlin, Charles
  • Texas
  • Dropout rates
  • Lebanon
  • Economic Insecurity
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Pollution
  • Friedman, Milton
  • Duration of Poverty
  • Brotherhood of St. Laurence
  • Bolivia
  • Spain
  • South Korea
  • CARE
  • Engineers Without Borders
  • Maldives
  • National Poverty Center
  • Alliance for Excellent Education
  • Center for American Progress
  • Center on Hunger and Poverty
  • Donor Aid to Education
  • Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
  • Neglected Diseases
  • UBN-PL Method
  • George, Henry
  • Greeley, Horace
  • New Zealand
  • National Policies for Education
  • Rural Poverty Research Center
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Child Welfare League of America
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • TIP Curves
  • Normative Standards
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Consumption Poverty
  • Household Saving and Dissaving
  • Income
  • Stabilization
  • Central African Republic
  • Switzerland
  • Liberia
  • Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Lawyers Without Borders
  • Connecticut
  • Chained Consumer Price Index
  • Access-to-Enterprise Zones
  • Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage
  • Comparative Research Program on Poverty
  • Debt Swap
  • European Relative-Income Standard of Poverty
  • Financing New Technology
  • Food-Ratio Poverty Line
  • National Health Account
  • Rationing
  • Resource-Based Measures of Poverty
  • Social Budgeting
  • Standard Food Basket Variant
  • Wants
  • Timor L’Este
  • Mozambique
  • Togo
  • Foods Resource Bank
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia
  • Djibouti
  • Armenia
  • Bahamas
  • Benin
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Congo
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominica
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Slovakia
  • Yemen
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritius
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Delaware
  • Children’s Hunger Relief
  • Docs for Tots
  • Indonesia
  • Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Missouri
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Portugal
  • Salvation Army
  • Virginia
  • Wyoming
  • Zambia
  • Absolute-Income-Based Measures of Poverty
  • Iceland
  • Minnesota
  • Food Research and Action Center
  • Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The
  • World Concern
  • Andorra
  • Panama
  • Engel Coefficient
  • Headcount Index
  • Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Index
  • Australia
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • Utah
  • Arab Definition of Poverty
  • Biodiversity International
  • Charitywater
  • ChildLine
  • Communicable diseases
  • Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity
  • International Forum for Child Development
  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • Luxembourg Employment Study
  • Luxembourg Income Study
  • Medical Technology and Poverty
  • National Alliance to End Homelessness
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
  • National Coalition for the Homeless
  • National Coalition on Barrios Unidos
  • National Interfaith Community for Worker Justice
  • National Low-Income Housing Coalition
  • National Research Council, United States
  • Low-Income Cut-Offs
  • Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty
  • Gastroenteritis
  • High Technology and International Trade
  • Household Income
  • Indiana
  • Libya
  • Monaco
  • Namibia
  • Nebraska
  • Tanzania
  • Students Against Sweatshops
  • Senate Hunger Caucus
  • Congressional Hunger Center
  • Green Economy Initiative
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Living Standards Measurement Study
  • Microeconomics
  • Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
  • Heifer Project
  • March of Dimes
  • Adams, John (Administration)
  • Adams, John Quincy (Administration)
  • American Samoa
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
  • Croatia
  • de Soto, Hernando
  • Denmark
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Georgia (Country)
  • Guam
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Micronesia
  • Moldova
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
  • Northern Marianas Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Seychelles
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Sweden
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
  • Virgin Islands
  • Bush, George H. W. (Administration)
  • Center on Budget and Policies Priorities
  • Jackson, Andrew (Administration)
  • Van Buren, Martin (Administration)
  • Campus Compact
  • Buchanan, James (Administration)
  • Cleveland, Grover (Administration)
  • Democratic Party
  • Federal Targeted Training
  • Fillmore, Millard (Administration)
  • Republican Party
  • Garfield, James (Administration)
  • Hayes, Rutherford (Administration)
  • Johnson, Andrew (Administration)
  • Madison, James (Administration)
  • McKinley, William (Administration)
  • Monroe, James (Administration)
  • Pierce, Franklin (Administration)
  • Taft, William Howard (Administration)
  • Taylor, Zachary (Administration)
  • Carter, James (Administration)
  • Mortality Rate
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii
  • United Methodist Committee on Relief
  • Arthur, Chester (Administration)
  • Family Budgets
  • Family Desertion
  • Maryland
  • Christmas Seals
  • Second Harvest
  • University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
  • American Graduate
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Montana
  • Relative Welfare Index
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Washington
  • Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers
  • Eliminate Project, The
  • Feinstein Foundation
  • Haig Fund
  • Development Gateway
  • Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
  • Rebuilding Together
  • Selectivity
  • Idaho
  • Harrison, William (Administration)
  • Mercy Corps
  • Polk, James (Administration)
  • Roy Wilkins Center
  • Harrison, Benjamin (Administration)
  • Intrahousehold Transfers
  • Thompson, T. Phillips
  • Tyler, John (Administration)
  • Lingap Children’s Foundation
  • Milwaukee New Hope Program
  • God’s Child Project
  • Pro Mujer
  • Donnelly, Ignatius
  • Gilder, George
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • Albania
  • Childreach
  • Cyprus
  • Education Millennium Development Goals
  • End Hunger Network
  • Macedonia (FYROM)
  • Joint Center for Poverty Research
  • Judaism and Poverty
  • USDA Poverty Line
  • Wealth Tax
  • Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) Measures of Poverty
  • Cyclical Poverty
  • Kennedy, John F. (Administration)
  • Deprivation, Relative
  • Destitution
  • World Vision
  • Kosova
  • Share Our Strength
  • Employment Policies Institute

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"This Encyclopedia is substantially larger than the earlier edition which reflects the economic turmoil of the Great Recession of 2007-2008 and the ensuing global financial crisis... The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty is a solid taxonomy which addresses the tenacity of poverty around the globe. This research source will be useful in academic libraries and will benefit college students and researchers. Recommended."
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"The authors' succinct entries, which include recommended readings and cross-references, thoroughly explore ways in which poverty is experienced, perpetuated, and combated around the globe. Recommended for all libraries that do not already own the first edition, and worth considering as an update for those that do... Summing up: Recommended. All libraries. All levels."
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