Full Coverage: Poverty

Related Web Sites

• PovertyNet - Resources and data for people working to understand and alleviate poverty. From the World Bank.
• United Nations Development Programme - assists countries in building capacity to design and carry out programs in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women and the protection and regeneration of the environment.
• Poverty Institute - works to promote economic security for low- and moderate-income Rhode Islanders and equitable tax and budget policies through policy analysis, education and advocacy.
• America's Second Harvest - U.S. hunger-relief organization that distributes food to millions of hungry Americans through a network of food banks and food-rescue organizations.
• Hunger Site - Make donations of food to hungry people while viewing an animated World Hunger Map. Donations are at no cost to site visitors, but instead are borne by site sponsors.
• Institute for Research on Poverty - includes FAQs on who is poor in the U.S., and on children in poverty. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison.