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Society: Issues: Poverty: Articles:
- Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty - An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news..
- The Begging Profession in India - Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs..
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization..
- Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half - Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty..
- Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement - Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services..
- The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) - An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history..
- The Welfare State - This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries..
- Xenophobia and the Poor - Opinion pieces examining the roots of discrimination against the needy, especially neighborhood NIMBY opposition to social services siting in Buffalo, New York, by William W. Berry..
- US Shelters Swell - With Families - Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor. (November 29, 2001).
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