why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good
Easterly, William Russell
2006
Examines why, after fifty years and more than $2.3 trillion in aid from the West, global poverty is still a prevalent problem and offers practical suggestions for solving the problem and developing effective means for dealing with poverty.
The author shares what he has learned about global poverty through visits to more than one hundred countries, and presents his plan for ending extreme poverty around the world by the year 2025.
Presents two short novels by Stephen Crane, including "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, " in which a beautiful tenement girl's life takes a downward turn after she becomes involved with Pete; and "George's Mother, " a story of life in the Bowery.
Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
Armando and his father are trash-pickers in Tijuana, Mexico, but when Se?or David brings his "school"--a blue tarp set down near the garbage dump--to their neighborhood, Armando's father decides that he must attend classes and learn.
Explores a wide range of topics related to poverty in America, including the main causes of poverty, its impact on education, health, and government, state and federal programs to help poor families, and more.
An overview of the issue of poverty. Discusses the root causes of poverty and its impact on homelessness, education, and health. Also describes society's attempts to deal with poverty. Includes a timeline and a glossary.
In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that she must put family first.
