Poverty: global perspectives, challenges and issues of the 21st century

In: Hunger and poverty: causes, impacts and eradication

Abstract

Preface -- Adolescent biology, poverty, and risk / Mike A. Males and Randall G. Shelden, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco, California, USA, and others -- Socioeconomic status and service interpretation : how class-based cultural capital affects americorps members' relationships with those they serve and the program itself / Ryan Ceresola, Hartwick College, Department of Sociology, NY, USA -- Welfare and change in consumption structure / Saeed Solaymani, Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran -- Transit, automobile, and commuting : do the relationships differ across income groups? / Lingqian Hu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Milwaukee, WI, USA -- Structural unemployment, family structure and poverty / Bozena Leven, Department of Economics, School of Business, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA -- Income inequality, poverty and economic reforms in douala cameroon / Nanche Billa Robert, The Higher Institute of the Sahel, University of Maroua, Cameroon -- Poverty and microfinance in nigeria / Taofeek Aremu Kasali, Department of Business Administration and Management, School of Business and Management Studies, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria -- The livelihood impact of female entrepreneurs in the global south : the case of hair crafting in Tanzania / Wineaster Anderson and Immakulata Komba, Department of Marketing, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Index