Poverty

This report explores Indonesia's agrifood systems transformation, offering insights from innovative economic models to guide policy-makers in developing effective, sustainable policies.

stable economic growth, rising incomes, and falling poverty. Despite these successes, the country's agrifood …

breaks generational silence in lyric resonance, reflecting on a childhood rife with upheaval and poverty, the invisibility of single motherhood, and the silence of domestic violence. These poems sing memory …

reflecting on a childhood rife with upheaval and poverty, the invisibility of single motherhood, and the …

An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …

social position or, conversely, exacerbated by poverty, poor housing, and unsafe working conditions, …

Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …

tion first emerged as an experimental antidote to poverty instigated by philanthropist Maria Rye, who sent … tended to concentrate their concerns about child poverty on London, Liverpool, and Manchester, as well as … (especially from Ireland), severe problems of poverty and destitu- tion, an extraordinary concentration … but a highly popular solution to the perceived poverty prob- lem. At its simplest, Friendless or Forsaken … (Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman), local politics, poverty, and religion in the North West (Wildman), and …

chronicles the remarkable life of world champion boxer Barrington “Tiga” Francis, who survived crushing poverty and violence in Jamaica’s notorious ghettos and the insidious racism of 1980s Montreal to emerge …

most celebrated slum. Known for its crushing poverty, dilapi- dated buildings, decaying infrastructure … above all odds, to rise above the horrors of poverty and 11 TRENCH TOwNdespair to define a people and … Jamaican response to the steadily growing levels of poverty and homelessness. Ironically, the government’s … re- mained all but enslaved by our collective poverty, marginalization, and continued exclusion from … many, water access meant the difference between poverty and desperation, between civility and survival …

The story of the audacious showman who built the greatest carnival dynasty in North America.Enter the realm of the carnie king, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of what would become …

four years in the United States, having escaped poverty and poor prospects in their native Germany. His …

Deep polarization in our society prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. The Solutionary Way offers a practical approach, providing clear and achievable methods to bridge …

production, energy, and other systems. We can end poverty and treat all people equitably. We can learn to … hundred million people still live in extreme poverty, and nearly 47% of the world’s population lives … disproportionately affecting kids living in poverty? Industrial agriculture, the Farm Bill, corporate … solving the problems of war, climate change, or poverty. Humanitarian efforts are essential. When there … solution solve the primary cause of hunger, which is poverty and lack of access to affordable, nutritious food …

Throughout the twentieth century in the lands of Yugoslavia, socialists embarked on multiple projects of supranational unification. Sensitive to the vulnerability of small nations in a world of great powers, …

but quickly became disillusioned, worn down by poverty, isolation, and his sense of inferiority. The experi- …

WINNER OF A 2023 PEN TRANSLATES AWARD This punk-like blend of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives and Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream heralds an exciting new voice in international fiction Living …

disadvantage, whether insomnia, imprisonment, or poverty; the first gave us Baudelaire, the second Silvio … disadvantage, whether insomnia, imprisonment, or poverty; the first gave us Baudelaire, the second Silvio …

Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors for large-scale agricultural projects, displacing and disrupting rural communities. Women are …

Research Report Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction (Deinin- ger 2003), the World Bank’s …