This question is an excellent conversation starter because practically everybody answers it
incorrectly. Primed by depressing and shocking headlines, most people assume that poverty …

The first Millennium Development Goal sought to 'eradicate extreme poverty and hunger',
and its first target was to halve extreme poverty in 25 years. Progress notwithstanding–the …

Explores how to define, measure, and keep track of poverty; the causes of poverty; and
counterstrategies. This work features detailed case studies that examine the situations in the …

Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It? Page 1 Georgetown University Law Center
Scholarship @ GEORGETOWN LAW 2012 Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It? Peter …

Poverty affects millions of people throughout the world. Today, 736 million people live in
extreme poverty, surviving on less than 2 dollars a day. Fortunately, over the past 200 years …

Articles included in volume explore the issue of poverty around the world, as well as the
impact of the global recession on poverty-related issues. Topics covered include poverty's …

Over the last two decades, academics (based largely in the west) and activists have invested
a great deal of energy in global poverty. This article asks: why should people not be poor …

This book has three main objectives. First, it presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the
problem of global poverty. Despite common rhetoric about the benefits of interdisciplinary …