Americans know a good deal when they see it. Today a group of leading scientists and
practitioners from several fields--agriculture, medicine, economics, education, engineering …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the
World Bank. But, when the World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty-what should it be …

Thirty-seven million Americans live below the official poverty line. Millions more struggle
each month to pay for basic necessities, or run out of savings when they lose their jobs or …

Poverty has been a scourge since time immemorial. It is a continuing affront to our
sensibilities, our moral principles, our very humanity. But it doesn't have to be that way …

It would be an understatement to say that poverty reduction is one of the most important
goals of our time. Much has been written on this topic, and the fight against world poverty is …

Poverty has diminished more worldwide in the past 50 years than in the previous 50
centuries. In many parts of the world, however, the proportion of people who are too poor to …

How to Increase Poverty Stanley Lebergott 1 am as poor as Job, my lord, but Inot so patient.-
Sir Jiohn Falstaff T nERE exist at least eight reliable Tways to increase poverty. The United …

President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in the United States in 1964. 1 At the
time, the US had a very modest commitment to programs, other than public education, aimed …