Combat Poverty Agency (Ireland)
- State agency working for the prevention and elimination of poverty and social exclusion in Ireland. It is a small organization set up under the Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986.
- http://www.cpa.ie/
WIDER World Income Inequality Database
- Database on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.
- http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm
Call to Renewal
- Faith based anti-poverty organization with policy alerts, theological resources and other materials.
- http://www.calltorenewal.org/index.cfm
Development Gateway - Poverty Reduction
- Portal site with reports, links, bulletin board and other resources focusing on poverty reduction and development.
- http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty
Center on Business and Poverty
- An IRP initiative to support and disseminate research into ways in which businesses can help improve the long-term economic stability and well-being of their low-income employees.
- http://www.cobap.org
Institute for Research on Poverty
- Information about the institute, explanations of poverty measures, research, and links. One of two national poverty research centers designated by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
Project Match
- Conducts program development and research activities in the fields of welfare-to-work and workforce development.
- http://www.pmatch.org/
Global Truth and Reconciliation 911
- Aims to help the impoverished in the world by raising awareness among the more affluent, reducing demand for unnneeded goods, and rechanneling aid to help the poor help themselves.
- http://gtrc911.quaker.org/
Poverty Mapping
- Articles, case studies, maps, and graphics on the issues of poverty, food security, and the environment.
- http://povertymap.net/
Synergos
- An independent, nonprofit institute dedicated to developing effective, sustainable, and locally based solutions to global poverty, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- http://www.synergos.org/
PovNet News
- Information about welfare and housing laws and resources in British Columbia, Canada. Provides links to other anti-poverty organizations and resources in Canada and internationally.
- http://www.povnet.org/
Center for Impact Research
- Chicago, Illinois based nonprofit group working to end violence and poverty. Includes publications, newsletter, conferences, policy centers and mailing list.
- http://www.impactresearch.org/
University of the Poor
- Affiliated with the Economic Human Rights Campaign, which documents economic human rights abuses across the United States.
- http://www.universityofthepoor.org/index.html
"Poverty" A Subject
- Measures controlling poverty linked to the suitability of the country, as reasons of poverty changes due to social conditions of the country.
- http://members.tripod.com/~sadashivan_nair/quotpovertyquotasubject/index.html
ActionAid International
- Large global anti-poverty agency, working with world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Based in South Africa.
- http://www.actionaid.org/
Synergos University for a Night 1999
- Archived proceedings of the May 27, 1999 conference discussing plans to reduce global poverty. Lists sponsors, recommendations, excerpts from the plenary session, and possible future events.
- http://www.synergos.org/un99/contents.htm
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Background information and links on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and other low-income energy issues. From the Almanac of Policy Issues.
- http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/energy.shtml
Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Welfare
- Comprehensive links and background information on poverty, hunger, welfare, homelessness, housing, seniors issues, and other social welfare issues.
- http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/index.shtml
High Wycombe Results
- Results is a British organization whose aim is to generate the political will to end hunger and poverty by lobbying MPs, letter-writing and media work.
- http://pages.zoom.co.uk/resultshw/
Public Private Ventures
- A national nonprofit devoted to youth development, mentoring, youth violence reduction, faith-based programs, national service and volunteering, and workforce development.
- http://www.ppv.org/
Poor Magazine
- An on-line news service dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of issues affecting low and no income communities nationally and internationally.
- http://www.poormagazine.com/
Fighting Poverty, One Business at a Time.
- The Trickle Up Program is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reducing poverty by providing low-income people around the world with the opportunity to create their own micro-enterprises.
- http://www.trickleup.org/
State Policy Documentation Project (SPDP)
- Tracks policy choices on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance programs and Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priori
- http://www.spdp.org/
Children Helping Children
- Promotes the needs of the young in third world by raising money to educate and house them, plus give them a purpose in life.
- http://www.angelfire.com/zine/childrenhelping/
Netaid.org
- A UN-sponsored combination of the Internet, television, radio, and live events with world-class artists designed to fight extreme poverty.
- http://www.netaid.org/
World Bank PovertyNet
- Information about poverty, its assessment, its impacts, and initiatives to reduce poverty internationally. Includes a special collection of the "literature of poverty."
- http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Poverty and Race Research Action Council
- PRRAC fosters and supports collaborations among researchers and advocates effectively addressing problems faced by people living at the intersection of poverty and race.
- http://www.prrac.org/
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- A national non-profit organization which seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to the civil justice system.
- http://www.clasp.org/