New for Poverty Studies

The New York Times has abandoned its online TimesSelect subscription program, which required payment for online access to such content as opinion columns and the paper's archive. (Users who had .edu e-mail addresses could apply for free access.)

As of yesterday, the vast majority of the Times' entire run is available without charge to online users. We have revised Leyburn Library's Web site page for the New York Times to reflect the changes.

Rumor has it the Wall Street Journal might be heading in the same direction.

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World Bank.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality and women’s empowerment in reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a range of development outcomes, the paper presents evidence on the impact of women’s access to markets (labor, land, and credit) and women’s decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and household level."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
Annual statistical compilation on household income and poverty in the U.S., generally considered one of the most important and influential information sources in those areas.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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Career Education Institute.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Listing of internships from over 2,000 organizations. Recently updated.
Links are maintained in various locations on the library Web site, including here.

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