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Senator Tim Scott knows adversity. As the son of a single mother from North Charleston, South Carolina, he struggled to get through school and had ...

This book is a key text that will help students link the theory of working with socially excluded people to practice.

Across Europe, politicians and economists remain locked into micromanaging the welfare state established post-war, tweaking it here and tweaking it...

Jeffrey Sachs draws on his remarkable 25 years' experience to offer a thrilling and inspiring vision of the keys to economic success in the world t...

Krumer-Nevo provides a new framework for people working with and for people in poverty: The Poverty-Aware Paradigm. This book details its extensive...

The Perpetual Migrant is story of a spirit constantly on the move. Inspired as a memoir primarily for his grandchildren, family, and friends, this ...

This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a fac...

Reducere. In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelli...

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Description 50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in hi...

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Poverty in Rural America: The Story of Yates County Home and Farm from 1830 to 1950 describes the development of poorhouses in New York State, prov...

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Tension between women in the workplace is holding them and their organizations back. This book gives practical advice for battling the stereotypes ...

DescriptionIt's not you, It's the Workplace offers a fresh approach to understanding why women's relationships with other women at work are often f...

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Reducere. Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V...