by sjs | Mar 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Delegates representing cities from 100 countries are taking part in Athens this week in a global forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty. Among the outcomes expected from the gathering is “the adoption of time-bound and quantified local ‘road...
by sjs | Mar 25, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Mission of Mercy, a non-profit, faith-based organization, works out of RVs converted into mobile medical clinics to provides free care to the working poor in South Texas. “[W]e’re working together to show these people that somebody loves them, somebody...
by sjs | Mar 15, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Christian Science Monitor just concluded a five-part series focusing on myths about poverty and strategies for ending poverty. Part 5 (Practical Steps to End Poverty), which contains links to the other four installments of the series, is here.
by sjs | Mar 14, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The National Employment Law Project, NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service and others are bringing together key government, academic, civic and labor leaders and policy makers for The Summit on Eliminating Poverty Among the Working Poor. Today is the first of...
by annaread | Mar 13, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
There’s an extensive article in the Friday edition of THISDAY, one of Nigeria’s national papers, about the challenge of providing safe drinking water for everyone: “…women and children spend much of their lives in pursuit of this vital...
