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Poverty / Pauvreté


Human development report, 1997
New York : published for UNDP by Oxford University Press, 1997. xi, 245 p.
Note: 1997 ed. focuses on poverty and introduces the human poverty index
Internet: http://www.undp.org/hdro/97.htm.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNDP(058)/H8.
Keywords: POVERTY / POVERTY MITIGATION / SOCIAL INDICATORS

IDA in action, 1993-1996 : the pursuit of sustained poverty reduction [International Development Association]
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1997. xi, 142 p.
Note: Reviews assistance from IDA to its borrowers during the 3-year IDA10 period (FY94-96)
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IBRD/IDA(02)/I18
Keywords: DEVELOPMENT / DEVELOPMENT FINANCE / DEVELOPMENT CREDITS / POVERTY MITIGATION

The incidence of poverty in developing countries : an ILO compendium of data
Geneva : ILO, 1993. ix, 105 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ILO/WEP(02)/T2.
Keywords: POVERTY / SOCIAL STATISTICS / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Poverty : a global review : handbook on international poverty research
Paris : UNESCO, 1996. x, 620 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(02)/P68.
Keywords: POVERTY / SOCIAL RESEARCH / MANUALS

Poverty in developing countries : a bibliography of publications by the ILO's World Employment Programme, 1975-91
Geneva : ILO, 1992. viii, 152 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ILO(016)/IN52, No. 12.
Keywords: POVERTY / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Poverty reduction : handbook and operational directive
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1992. 1 v. (various pagings).
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IBRD(092.1)/P6.
Keywords: POVERTY / POVERTY MITIGATION / MANUALS

Poverty, inequality, exclusion : new approaches to theory and practice
Geneva : ILO, 1993. xvi, 208 p.
Note: Bilingual : E/F
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ILO/INST(016)/B6, No. 17
Keywords: POVERTY / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

The state of world rural poverty : an inquiry into its causes and consequences
New York : published for IFAD by New York University Press, 1992. xxiii, 514 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IFAD(02)/J2.
Keywords: POVERTY / RURAL POVERTY

Statistics on poverty and income distribution : an ILO compendium of data
Geneva : ILO, 1996. ix, 183 p.
Note: An ILO contribution to the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ILO(02)/T22
Keywords: POVERTY / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / SOCIAL STATISTICS

UNDP poverty report
New York : UNDP, 1998-.
Note: Annual. Executive summary in all official languages can be found on the website (http://www.undp.org/povertyreport/tableofcontents/tableofcontents.htm l)
Internet: http://www.undp.org/povertyreport/.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: DP(02)/P879.
Keywords: POVERTY / POVERTY MITIGATION