TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitman,Sylvia
TI  - World poverty
T2  - Global issues
SN  - 9780816068074
AV  - HC79.P6 W47 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Facts On File, Inc.
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Armut
KW  - swd
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -