The Institute on Race
www1.umn.edu/irp/
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University of Minnesota (USA).
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Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
www.clasp.org/
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A national non-profit organization which seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to the civil justice system.
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Poverty and Race Research Action Council
www.prrac.org/
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PRRAC fosters and supports collaborations among researchers and advocates effectively addressing problems faced by people living at the intersection of poverty and race.
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Cornell University: Poverty, Inequality and Development
www.arts.cornell.edu/poverty/
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Research papers and other materials on poverty from Cornell University faculty and graduate students.
keywords: studies, ravi, povertyinequality, povertydevelopment, kanbur, inequality
and, genderdevelopment, agriculture
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World Bank PovertyNet
www.worldbank.org/poverty/
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Information about poverty, its assessment, its impacts, and initiatives to reduce poverty internationally. Includes a special collection of the "literature of poverty."
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Children Helping Children
www.angelfire.com/zine/childrenhelping/
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Promotes the needs of the young in third world by raising money to educate and house them, plus give them a purpose in life.
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State Policy Documentation Project (SPDP)
www.spdp.org/
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Tracks policy choices on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance programs and Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Fighting Poverty, One Business at a Time.
www.trickleup.org/
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The Trickle Up Program is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reducing poverty by providing low-income people around the world with the opportunity to create their own micro-enterprises.
keywords: step, solution, savings, microenterprise, microbusiness, groups, first, entrepreneur, development
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Poor Magazine
www.poormagazine.com/
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An on-line news service dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of issues affecting low and no income communities nationally and internationally.
keywords: art, youth, survivor, shelters, san, poetry, outsider, oakland, northern, mothers
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Public Private Ventures
www.ppv.org/
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A national nonprofit devoted to youth development, mentoring, youth violence reduction, faith-based programs, national service and volunteering, and workforce development.
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Welfare
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/index.shtml
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Comprehensive links and background information on poverty, hunger, welfare, homelessness, housing, seniors issues, and other social welfare issues.
keywords: tax, liheap, income, eitc, earned, disability, credit, child, care
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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/energy.shtml
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Background information and links on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and other low-income energy issues. From the Almanac of Policy Issues.
keywords: welfare, tax, poverty, hunger, housing, homelessness, homeless, eitc, earned, disability
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Synergos University for a Night 1999
www.synergos.org/un99/contents.htm
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Archived proceedings of the May 27, 1999 conference discussing plans to reduce global poverty. Lists sponsors, recommendations, excerpts from the plenary session, and possible future events.
keywords: world, universitya, united, society, social, responsibility, nations, latin, international, internati
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ActionAid International
www.actionaid.org/
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Large global anti-poverty agency, working with world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Based in South Africa.
keywords: laws, womens, womeninheritance, women, war, that, suffering, sierra, rights, rightproperty
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members.tripod.com/~sadashivan_nair/quotpovertyquotasubject/index.html
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Measures controlling poverty linked to the suitability of the country, as reasons of poverty changes due to social conditions of the country.
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Poverty Net
www.geocities.com/povertyworld/
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Personal page with resources and support for people who work to understand and prevent poverty. News, definitions, measurement methodology, facts, bibliography, related links, and guest book.
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Poverty Relief, Human Rights and Peace
www.geocities.com/sethleonard30000/poverty_relief
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List of links on a variety of subjects.
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PovNet News
www.povnet.org/
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Information about welfare and housing laws and resources in British Columbia, Canada. Provides links to other anti-poverty organizations and resources in Canada and internationally.
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Synergos
www.synergos.org/
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An independent, nonprofit institute dedicated to developing effective, sustainable, and locally based solutions to global poverty, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
keywords: transformation, systems, systemic, synergy, robert, personal, peggy, partnerships, partnerhip, leadership
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Poverty Mapping
povertymap.net/
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Articles, case studies, maps, and graphics on the issues of poverty, food security, and the environment.
keywords: development
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Global Truth and Reconciliation 911
gtrc911.quaker.org/
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Aims to help the impoverished in the world by raising awareness among the more affluent, reducing demand for unnneeded goods, and rechanneling aid to help the poor help themselves.
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Project Match
www.pmatch.org/
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Conducts program development and research activities in the fields of welfare-to-work and workforce development.
keywords: pathways, job, employment, temporary, tanf, system, services, retention, reemployment, post
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Institute for Research on Poverty
www.irp.wisc.edu/
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Information about the institute, explanations of poverty measures, research, and links. One of two national poverty research centers designated by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Center on Business and Poverty
www.cobap.org
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An IRP initiative to support and disseminate research into ways in which businesses can help improve the long-term economic stability and well-being of their low-income employees.
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Development Gateway - Poverty Reduction
topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty
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Portal site with reports, links, bulletin board and other resources focusing on poverty reduction and development.
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Call to Renewal
www.calltorenewal.org/index.cfm
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Faith based anti-poverty organization with policy alerts, theological resources and other materials.
keywords: religious, welfare, right, religion, prophetic, prophet, progressive, poor, politics, political
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Combat Poverty Agency (Ireland)
www.cpa.ie/
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State agency working for the prevention and elimination of poverty and social exclusion in Ireland. It is a small organization set up under the Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986.
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RESULTS UK
www.results-uk.org/
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A British organisation whose aim is to generate the political will to end hunger and poverty by lobbying MPs, letter-writing and media work.
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