Designed for the current NCLEX-PN Test Plan,

Designed for the current NCLEX-PN Test Plan,

For courses in Economics of Poverty and Discrimination, Welfare Politics and Policy, Social Problems, and Sociology of Poverty, in the departments of Economics, Sociology, Urban Studies, Education and Social Work.As the leading college text in the field for over twenty years, this book has been distinguished by its relevant coverage, tight organization, multidisciplinary perspective, and timeliness. The ninth edition preserves these qualities while incorporating new reference material.

Product Description: A multi-country research initiative to understand poverty from the eyes of the poor, the Voices of the Poor project was undertaken to inform the World Bank's activities and the upcoming World Development Report 2000/01. The research findings are being published in three books: "Can Anyone Hear Us?" gathers the voices of over 40,000 poor women and men in 50 countries from the World Bank's participatory poverty assessments (Deepa Narayan, Raj Patel, Kai Schafft, Anne Rademacher, and Sarah Koch-Schulte, authors)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A multi-country research initiative to understand poverty from the eyes of the poor, the Voices of the Poor project was undertaken to inform the World Bank's activities and the upcoming World Development Report 2000/01. The research findings are being published in three books: "Can Anyone Hear Us?" gathers the voices of over 40,000 poor women and men in 50 countries from the World Bank's participatory poverty assessments (Deepa Narayan, Raj Patel, Kai Schafft, Anne Rademacher, and Sarah Koch-Schulte, authors)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This vivid photo book opens with a preface by World Bank Group president, James D. Wolfensohn. Behind the photos, the human style, and the quotes from Bank Group staff and country counterparts, are real stories about poverty that depict 18 projects from around the world where the Bank and its partners have made a demonstrable impact...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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