Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart -- Community Development Resources

Resources: Resources: Poverty

Title:	Case Western Reserve University
Summary:	Research projects, publications, description of database.
Location:	Center for Urban Poverty and Social Change
URL:	http://povertycenter.cwru.edu/

Title:	Economic Research Service
Summary:	U.S. Department of Agriculture
URL:	http://www.ers.usda.gov/

Title:	HUD Archives
Summary:	Publications, reports, books on public assistance, housing, homelessness, policy history, fair housing and more.
Location:	US Department of Housing and Urban Development
URL:	http://www.hud.gov/library/bookshelf18/

Title:	Institute for Research on Poverty
Summary:	A non-profit group providing research, publications, and links on the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality.
URL:	http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/

Title:	Institute for Research on Poverty
Summary:	Full text of publications since 1995; publication indexes; research projects; comprehensive, categorized links to other sites.
Location:	University of Wisconsin-Madison
URL:	http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/

Title:	Institute on Race and Poverty
Summary:	Research projects, publications, links.
Location:	University of Minnesota
URL:	http://www1.umn.edu/irp/

Title:	Joint Center for Poverty Research
Summary:	Poverty publications, funding links, information clearinghouse.
URL:	http://www.jcpr.org/

Title:	Joint Center for Poverty Research
Summary:	Publications, newsletter, research projects, links
URL:	http://www.jcpr.org/

Title:	National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives
Summary:	Designed to promote better understanding of the need for a coherent "system-wide" strategy, which emphasizes community building, enhanced democratic participation, community-based asset development and environmental sustainability.
URL:	http://www.ncesa.org/

Title:	National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Summary:	Related links, publications titles and ordering information, legal and legislative information, summary statistics.
URL:	http://www.nlchp.org/

Title:	Poverty and Income Issues
Summary:	Publications and trends.
Location:	Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
URL:	http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/library.htm

Title:	Poverty Page
Summary:	International perspectives on poverty and poverty research.
Location:	United Nations Development Programme
URL:	http://www.undp.org/poverty/initiatives/pgm.htm

Title:	Poverty USA
Summary:	Community-based support, institution building, network.
URL:	http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/index.htm

Title:	Poverty, Inequality, and Development (PID)
Summary:	Portal to research on poverty, inequality and development at Cornell University. Links to research and concept papers on poverty and inequality.
URL:	http://www.arts.cornell.edu/poverty/

Title:	Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
Summary:	Research projects, publications, links.
Location:	University of Michigan
URL:	http://www.ssw.umich.edu/poverty/

Title:	The Southern Rural Development Initiative (SRDI)
Summary:	SRDI is a unique collaborative of community-based institutions working in the poorest communities of the rural South. The history of SRDI and its mission is the story of the South's rural communities claiming the place they call home. Focuses on capital and institution building, network support.
URL:	http://www.srdi.org/index.htm

Title:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Summary:	Poverty guidelines (program eligibility figures) since 1996; papers and references on poverty lines and poverty measurement.
Location:	Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
URL:	http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm

Title:	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Summary:	Information on housing needs, market conditions, and data on assisted housing and subsidized households over time; searchable links.
Location:	HUDUSER - Office of Policy Development and Research
URL:	http://www.huduser.org/

Title:	UNESCO and International Social Science Council
Summary:	Projects, publications and ordering information, newsletter, links.
Location:	Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
URL:	http://www.svf.uib.no/helsos/crop/

Title:	University of California at Los Angeles
Summary:	Publications and links.
Location:	Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
URL:	http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/csup.html

Title:	Urban Poverty
Summary:	Provides an array of information on urban poverty, such as history, trends, relationships to community, family, economy, work, and welfare.
URL:	http://www.nissi.org/main_poverty.htm

Title:	Vulnerability to Poverty: A Framework for Policy Analysis
Summary:	A summary of arguments and framework for examining risk and vulnerability to poverty.
URL:	http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/members/stefan.dercon/Vulnerability%20to%20Poverty_note%201_%20framework.pdf

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