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i0Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty - http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml - An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.
 
i0Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/povinc.htm - Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization.
 
i0Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half - http://www.cbpp.org/snd98.htm - Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty.
 
i0Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement - http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml - Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
 
i0The Begging Profession in India - http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm - Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs.
 
i0The Lottery - http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=1313&Bulletin_ID=48 - 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."
 
i0The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) - http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml - 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.
 
i0The Welfare State - http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm - This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.
 
i0US Shelters Swell - With Families - http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1129/p1s1-ussc.html - Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor.
 
i0Xenophobia and the Poor - http://hometown.aol.com/esberry/myhomepage/index.html - Opinion pieces examining the roots of discrimination against the needy, especially neighborhood NIMBY opposition to social services siting in Buffalo, New York, by William W. Berry.
 
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