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1. Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty [ Report dead link ]
An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml
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2. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [ Report dead link ]
Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization.
http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/povinc.htm
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3. Defining Poverty [ Report dead link ]
Ohio State University extension fact sheet on poverty and its official definitation, with an emphasis on poverty in Ohio.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5700.html
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4. Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half [ Report dead link ]
Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty.
http://www.cbpp.org/snd98.htm
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5. Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement [ Report dead link ]
Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml
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6. The Begging Profession in India [ Report dead link ]
Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm
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7. The Lottery [ Report dead link ]
Article on the negative effects of the lottery. "People go there seeking hope, seeking huge benefits; instead they get ripped off, impoverished by the state government that was elected to protect them. The average person who consistently invests in the lottery will remain poor forever."
http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=1313&Bulletin_ID=48
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8. The Myth of Widespread American Poverty [ Report dead link ]
850 Kb PDF file. A look at the actual material living standards of persons defined as "poor" demonstrates that the Census Bureau's official poverty report is misleading.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=20445
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9. The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) [ Report dead link ]
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://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml
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10. The Welfare State [ Report dead link ]
This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.
http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm
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