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World poverty / Sylvia Whitman ; foreword by Steven N. Durlauf.
Series: Global issues (Facts on File, Inc.)Publication details: New York, NY : Facts On File, Inc., c2008.Description: xi, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780816068074
- 0816068070
- HC79.P6 W47 2008
Contents:
Review: "World Poverty explores the definition of true poverty, while analyzing its causes and the toll it has taken. Detailed case studies examine the situation in the United States, India, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and Ukraine and evaluate the various strategies national governments have adopted to fight poverty."--Jacket.
Foreword / Steven N. Durlauf -- List of acronyms -- pt. I: At issue. Introduction -- Focus on the United States -- Global perspectives -- pt. II: Primary sources. United States documents -- International documents -- pt. III: Research tools. How to research world poverty -- Facts and figures -- Key players, A-Z -- Organizations and agencies -- annotated bibliography -- Chronology -- Glossary.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HC 79 .P6 W47 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | TOPIC BOOKS | 5073127 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-356) and index.
Foreword / Steven N. Durlauf -- List of acronyms -- pt. I: At issue. Introduction -- Focus on the United States -- Global perspectives -- pt. II: Primary sources. United States documents -- International documents -- pt. III: Research tools. How to research world poverty -- Facts and figures -- Key players, A-Z -- Organizations and agencies -- annotated bibliography -- Chronology -- Glossary.
"World Poverty explores the definition of true poverty, while analyzing its causes and the toll it has taken. Detailed case studies examine the situation in the United States, India, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and Ukraine and evaluate the various strategies national governments have adopted to fight poverty."--Jacket.
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