Poverty and precarity

Why are poor Americans so patriotic?

Unemployment and the state in Britain offers an important and original contribution to understandings of the 1930s.

The Poverty of Privacy Rights makes a simple, controversial argument: Poor mothers in America have been deprived of the right to privacy.

In 1991, the Israeli government introduced emergency legislation canceling the general exit permit that allowed Palestinians to enter Israel.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe.

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor.

The Osage Orange Tree, a never-before-published story by beloved poet William Stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the Great Depression.

Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 22 begins with papers of widespread interest on the impact of the Great Recession.

The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances.

In Break the Caste, George Gerharz unmasks common American misperceptions of poverty, inequality, and social mobility.

"e;Early in Sergio Chejfec's The Dark, the nameless narrator describes his disorientation when looking over a landscape as 'the vertigo of simple things.

The book present the focal attention on the elimination of poverty and to reach to the purpose discusses various factors, plans and perspectives in details : various dimensions discussed by many different economist of world and the variations, analysis of the perspective in context of last five decades development experience of the other countries, Indian experience and its multiface in India.

Electricity shortages in South Asia are adversely impacting the region's socioeconomic development.

To help overcome remoteness, Pacific economies are looking to improve economic integration not only through ICT and transport network investments, but also by promoting greater competition and private investment.

This joint publication from the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute features selected papers from the September 2009 conference on the social and environmental impact of the global economic crisis on Asia and the Pacific, especially on the poor and vulnerable.

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is a funding window of the Climate Investment Funds, of which the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a major partner in Asia and the Pacific, delivering investments through six country programs (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, and Tonga) and one regional program for the Pacific.

The Climate Change Operational Framework 2017-2030 is intended to provide broad direction and guidance for enhancing resilience and strengthening climate actions in the operations and business processes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The 1997 Asian financial crisis hit the region and became a defining moment for Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The Asia and Pacific region experienced continued growth.

There is either glamourizing of informal sector or a desire to rapidly formalize it, the latter leading to exclusions and disruptions in people's life.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

The first edition of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor tracks the development of the PPP business environment as well as the challenges of doing PPPs in nine of the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB): Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options.

Good corporate governance practices reduce vulnerability to financial crises, reinforce property rights, reduce the cost of capital, and lead to greater capital market development.

When the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966, the Asia and Pacific region was undergoing a process of deep change.

This is a pivotal period in Sri Lanka's economic development.

Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, and commodity prices, addressing poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge.

Asia contains the bulk of the world's poor, as many as 500 million people.

Some Stories Just Can't Be Stopped .

Seit mehr als drei Jahren wird die Menschheit weltweit durch politische Maßnahmen, vornehmlich in den Industriestaaten in Angst und Schrecken versetzt.

'One of the most original and talented young writers we have.

'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things.

A layered portraiture of Dalit oppression and ruthless hierarchies in 1980s OdishaSet against the bucolic landscape of undivided Sambalpur, the play follows five Bajnias - professional rural folk performers - whose lives are pushed into a corner by poverty, social discrimination, addiction and illiteracy.

Focuses on the concept phase of the project to resolve complex challenges in the Old Fadama slum of Accra, Ghana.

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This authoritative reference work explores the factors driving the much-debated increase in economic inequality in U.

This book closely examines controversial claims and beliefs surrounding poverty and anti-poverty programs in the United States.

Beginning this year, federal payment recipients will receive their government benefits through electronic funds transfer (EFT)-- what most of us call direct deposit.

At the end of 1795 Jeremy Bentham, the English Utilitarian philosopher and reformer, began to compose a far-reaching plan.

Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition.

Focuses on economic mobility and inequality, discussing the ''Great Gatsby Curve'', the relationship between mobility and inequality.

This collection of documents contextualizes the ways in which Americans have addressed the evolving challenges of poverty throughout U.

This ground-breaking work traces developments in poor relief from the mid-fourteenth century to the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601.

In this incisive and practical book, H.

Focuses on the concept phase of the project to resolve complex challenges in the Old Fadama slum of Accra, Ghana.

Completely updated guide to the laws governing homeowners associations in Florida.