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Public Private Ventures - http://www.ppv.org/
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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ActionAid International - http://www.actionaid.org/
Large global anti-poverty agency, working with world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Based in South Africa. |
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Institute for Research on Poverty - http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
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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Netaid.org - http://www.netaid.org/
A UN-sponsored combination of the Internet, television, radio, and live events with world-class artists designed to fight extreme poverty. |
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Call to Renewal - http://www.calltorenewal.org/index.cfm
Faith based anti-poverty organization with policy alerts, theological resources and other materials. |
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WIDER World Income Inequality Database - http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm
Database on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries. |
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Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) - http://www.clasp.org/
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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Fighting Poverty, One Business at a Time. - http://www.trickleup.org/
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. |
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World Bank PovertyNet - http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
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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Development Gateway - Poverty Reduction - http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty
Portal site with reports, links, bulletin board and other resources focusing on poverty reduction and development. |
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Synergos - http://www.synergos.org/
An independent, nonprofit institute dedicated to developing effective, sustainable, and locally based solutions to global poverty, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
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Poverty Mapping - http://povertymap.net/
Articles, case studies, maps, and graphics on the issues of poverty, food security, and the environment. |
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PovNet News - http://www.povnet.org/
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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Combat Poverty Agency (Ireland) - http://www.cpa.ie/
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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Center on Business and Poverty - http://www.cobap.org
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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State Policy Documentation Project (SPDP) - http://www.spdp.org/
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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Poor Magazine - http://www.poormagazine.com/
An on-line news service dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of issues affecting low and no income communities nationally and internationally. |
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Center for Impact Research - http://www.impactresearch.org/
Chicago, Illinois based nonprofit group working to end violence and poverty. Includes publications, newsletter, conferences, policy centers and mailing list. |
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Project Match - http://www.pmatch.org/
Conducts program development and research activities in the fields of welfare-to-work and workforce development. |
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The Institute on Race & Poverty - http://www1.umn.edu/irp/
University of Minnesota (USA). |
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Welfare - http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/index.shtml
Comprehensive links and background information on poverty, hunger, welfare, homelessness, housing, seniors issues, and other social welfare issues. |
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Synergos University for a Night 1999 - http://www.synergos.org/un99/contents.htm
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. |
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Poverty Relief, Human Rights and Peace - http://www.geocities.com/sethleonard30000/poverty_relief
List of links on a variety of subjects. |
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Poverty Net - http://www.geocities.com/povertyworld/
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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Global Truth and Reconciliation 911 - http://gtrc911.quaker.org/
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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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/energy.shtml
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. |
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High Wycombe Results - http://pages.zoom.co.uk/resultshw/
Results is a British organization 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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Children Helping Children - http://www.angelfire.com/zine/childrenhelping/
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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University of the Poor - http://www.universityofthepoor.org/index.html
Affiliated with the Economic Human Rights Campaign, which documents economic human rights abuses across the United States. |
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"Poverty" A Subject - http://members.tripod.com/~sadashivan_nair/quotpovertyquotasubject/index.html
Measures controlling poverty linked to the suitability of the country, as reasons of poverty changes due to social conditions of the country. |