New for Poverty Studies

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
Availablke online.
"Released in September 2006, the paper takes a critical look at the location of poverty across urban and rural areas in the United States. Drawing on a variety of data sources, the report finds that federal funds for social programs for the needy and community development have favored non-metropolitan areas. The report also notes that cost-of-living differences play a significant difference in this phenomenon."
You can find this and similar ERS publications here.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Available online.
"This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income generation as well as their access to markets and publicly provided infrastructure."

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Unied Nations.
Available online.   A printed copy, plus previous editions, will be available in the library collection.
The latest edition of this annual UN report on human development issues focuses on the relationship between poverty and water supplies around the world.
The last 150 pages of this 440+ page document consist of a compilation of "human development indicators" -- numberical measures of well-being.

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