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Cut Out
Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully …
No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty
This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and povertyis the opposite of poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency?Drawing on experience of poor people …
Pauperland
In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called 'Pauperland.' More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in …
Orphans
Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas …
Children of Other Worlds
More than 40,000 children die daily in the developing world from avoidable sickness and disease. Tens of millions of children labour in mines, mills and sweatshops, or scavenge for …
In the Cities of the South
Children of Other Worlds
More than 40,000 children die daily in the developing world from avoidable sickness and disease. Tens of millions of children labour in mines, mills and sweatshops, or scavenge for …
Victims of Development
This combination of analysis and first-hand reportage looks at the connections between development, economic growth, social justice and the environment-not in theory, but as this …
A World Growing Old
For the first time in history, the world's population is ageing. For rich countries in the west, economies rely on youthful populations to provide for those who have retired. We …
Pauperland
In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called "e;Pauperland."e; More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain …