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The war against poverty : progress and status, fifty years on /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Hunger and poverty.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE WAR AGAINST POVERTY: PROGRESS AND STATUS, FIFTY YEARS ON; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE WAR ON POVERTY 50 YEARS LATER: A PROGRESS REPORT; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. MEASURING POVERTY:WHO IS POOR IN AMERICA?; II. ASSESSING THE WAR ON POVERTY; III. THE ROLE OF ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS: A CLOSER LOOK; IV. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S RECORD AND AGENDA TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC SECURITY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES: 2012; SUMMARY; TRENDS IN POVERTY; THE U.S. "OFFICIAL" DEFINITION OF POVERTY.
- POVERTY AMONG SELECTED GROUPSRECEIPT OF NEED-TESTED ASSISTANCE AMONG THE POOR; THE GEOGRAPHY OF POVERTY; THE RESEARCH SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE; APPENDIX A.U.S. POVERTY STATISTICS: 1959-2012; APPENDIX B. METROPOLITAN AREA POVERTY ESTIMATES; APPENDIX C. POVERTY ESTIMATES BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT; INDEX.