Poverty and precarity

The feminization of poverty is increasingly recognized as a global phenomenon, affecting women not only in third world countries but also in the West.

For over twenty-five years, Charles C.

One out of five children, and one out of two single mothers, lives in destitution in America today.

What is it about the concept of “home” that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically?

Point Place stands near the city center of Durban, South Africa.

An intimate portrait of India’s child runaways, and the sociopolitical forces shaping their lives This intimate portrait examines the tracks, journeys, and experiences of child runaways in northern India.

Every child has the right to read.

What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans?

Homeless.

Poverty may have always been with us, but it hasn't always been the same.

'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture.

The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living.

This is a major revision and update of Nevins' earlier classic and is an ideal text for use with undergraduate students in a wide variety of courses on immigration, transnational issues, and the politics of race, inclusion and exclusion.

In the unique style that has endeared him to one of Canadas largest and most loyal radio audiences, best-selling author Lowell Green launches an all-out expose on those Canadians he says are wrecking our country.

Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change.

In this intellectual history of the fraught relationship between race and poverty in the 1960s, Robin Marie Averbeck offers a sustained critique of the fundamental assumptions that structured liberal thought and action in postwar America.

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.

This book provides unique insights into the challenges and potential solutions to alleviate poverty in western China.

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.

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