Fattigdom & arbetslöshet

One important approach to poverty reduction in developing countries is to encourage sustainable livelihoods for the poor, taking account of their opportunities and sources of …

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker In the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, a ';remarkably vivid...deeply empathetic' (Los Angeles Times) story that follows a …

Manchmal genugt ein Augenblick, um einen Menschen aus seinem normalen Leben zu reien und in Verzweiflung zu sturzen. Ein Gerucht kann alle Plane zunichtemachen - etwa der Vorwurf, …

If a measure of our humanity is how we treat the most vulnerable, our report card is bleak. Our politics is divided, people in need are too often treated with cruelty, and the …

In the 1930s, the unemployed were organizing. Jobless workers felt they were “entitled" to a new kind of government protection-the protection from undeserved unemployment and the …

Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees …

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be …

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU …

For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods …

Octavia Hill was a key figure in the open spaces and housing movement and one of the founders of the National Trust. Her legacy continues today in the form of many active bodies …