Poverty

Information from the World Bank on Poverty PPPs (Purchasing Power Parity). See also Poverty Tools from the World Bank

Developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initative at Oxford University, with U.N. support. Read about MPI.

From the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

See also Poverty Reduction from the OECD. And see the OECD Library database (UVA only)

Enables users to "examine, research, and track U.S. Government foreign assistance investments in an accessible and easy-to-understand format. See also
Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, which includes a link to the current U.S. budget for foreign assistance.

Portal of projects and programmes on poverty issues affecting countries world wide. From the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Search menu is on the lower left.

Excellent reports and data, including the GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX. IFPRI is supported by CGIAR, an alliance of governments, foundations, and international and regional organizations. (See also article on hunger indices from the Institute of Development Studies).

From the U.S. Census.

Papers published from the 1980s to the present on US and international issues. Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization.

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. See their Working Papers (2007-2012)

From the International Monetary Fund (IMF). See also main IMF page

A wealth of reports and data related to world poverty issues from the United Nations.

Data, publications, tools and surveys. See also World Development Reports Online -- back to 1978

Excellent resources from the University of California at Berkeley. See also their Guide to International Organizations, Economic Development & Poverty. Most of the resources listed are free or available at UVA