Resource Guide

1.Stop Child Poverty
This resource addresses child poverty, its causes and ways to prevent it. It gives a definition of poverty, and explains the grassroots movement to help end child poverty, as well as steps we can all take. I chose this resource because of the connection between poverty and slavery. Poverty can feed slavery, especially at a young age when people have no other options. It also touches on a number of topics such as war, environment and education.

2.Slavery: A Global Investigation
I chose this video because it provided me with a wealth of information that I was previously unaware of. It is another example of how poverty disrupts lives and fuels the slave trade. It gives personal examples and follows the story of people who have been directly affected by slavery. Often people are trapped into slavery while they are seeking a way to escape poverty. It also has examples of slavery in countries thought to be rid of slavery.

3.Exporting America
This source is a bit different. It is a list of U.S. companies known to send U.S. jobs overseas or that utilize overseas labor. It is useful as a way to know what companies take advantage of economic conditions and possibly increase poverty.

4.Poverty.com
This source discusses the problems that poverty causes, ranging from hunger to disease. The majority of the source is based on the negative impact that poverty has and the individuals and groups most affected by poverty.

5.U.S. Census Bureau
This site is about the statistics of U.S. poverty, how it is defined and how it is measured. While it does not examine causes or solutions in any great depth, it is useful in the sense that it gives a general idea of the extent poverty has affected the U.S., as well as it’s locations.

6.The World Bank
The World Bank is a general overview of most aspects involving poverty. Poverty is analyzed, mapped and another definition is given. There is also the World Bank’s stance and policies regarding poverty.

7.Poverty Facts and Stats
This source provides a wealth facts and statistics about poverty. It is a large source and provides the reader with a lot of information.

8.Structural Adjustment
Examines the impact that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have on poverty. The policies of the two organizations are looked at to determine how they are furthering poverty and poorer nations’ dependence on wealthier nations.

9.Institute for Research on Poverty
This institute is one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It focuses primarily on poverty and family welfare in the Midwest of the U.S. It goes in depth to the resources available to the Midwest and underlying roots of poverty.

10.Development
This article briefly examines the effect of poverty on child development. Poverty leads to a deficit of resources need for infant and child development, which increases the risk of an improper development. Also, an impact on development will impact all aspects of that individual’s life.

11.Poverty Around the World
This site looks at poverty in a global context, not only in developing countries but the inequality of developed countries. It also provides more information on social factors that affect poverty and the inequality that is creates. Since it looks at inequality, differences between the wealthy and the poor are looked at.

12.Poverty Reducation
This is a resource that provides information on reducing poverty and obtaining the 8 millennium development goals. Through the United Nations Development Programme, various projects are supported in the hopes of ending poverty.

13.National Poverty Center
The National Poverty Center provides more information on how poverty is measured in the U.S., as well as how poverty has changed over the course of the country’s history. It provides statistics and research.

14.National Center for Children in Poverty
The NCCP addresses child poverty in the United States. It talks about research on child poverty as well as the effect of poverty on the current and future health of the child. It examines family and geographical settings.

15.The Huffington Post – Poverty
This source has a wide variety of information regarding poverty. It also contains blogs and quite a few pictures. It shows how other people think of poverty.

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