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Society, Issues, Poverty, Articles

http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml

» Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty - An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.

http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm

» The Begging Profession in India - Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs.

» Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization.

» Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half - Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty.

http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml

» Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement - Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml

» The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) - An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history.

http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm

» The Welfare State - This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.

» US Shelters Swell - With Families - Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor. (November 29, 2001)

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