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Standardized Tests
Does the use of standardized testing improve American education? Scholars dive into the issue as they prepare to discuss the debate topic with their classmates. After reviewing the pros and cons, they watch videos to help them arrive at...
Anne Frank House
Who Was Anne Frank?
Set the stage for a study of The Diary of a Young Girl with a resource that includes background information about Anne Frank's early years, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, her Secret Annex hiding place, and her capture and...
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Poverty
Constantly evolving collection of information on world poverty, and of strategies to reduce poverty worldwide.
World Food Programme
World Food Programme: Countries
The World Food Programme of the United Nations provides a list of countries where under-nourished people are receiving help. Includes basic facts, overview and WFP activities.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Poverty and Economic Indicators
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twelve data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine global poverty and economic factors that contribute to poverty. They look at infant mortality,...
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Countries and Regions
This site contains links to many different countries around the world. Each country site gives information on the country and its poverty situation. The World Bank Group is involved in helping to eliminate poverty.
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World Vision International
The official homepage for the relief agency World Vision International. Students will find information on world crisis spots and on displaced people and refugees.
Other
Bread for the World: About Hunger
Evaluation of how hunger and poverty are linked. Also included are the many facts and figures about poverty and hunger, and different problems leading to poverty throughout the world.
World Food Programme
Wfp: World Food Programme
WFP is a United Nations organization whose mission is to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Their primary beneficiaries are victims of natural disasters, displaced people, the world's hungry poor, and women.
World Food Programme
World Food Programme: Who Are the Hungry?
The World Food Programme is the largest food aid organization in the world, providing food where needed to victims after earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters. Learn what hunger is: the causes, the people, where...
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Peru Overview
See the challenges Peru faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. There is also a brief summary of the various functions and organization of The World Bank as well as an overview of how priorities are selected, the key...
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Ima World Health
This is the homepage of the IMA World Health, whose mission is to provide essential products and services for emergency, health and development programs of interest to members, which serve people in need without regard to ethnicity,...
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Church World Service
Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance organization that works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance.
The World Bank
World Bank: Bangladesh Data, Projects and Research
See the development challenges Bangladesh faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. There is also a brief summary of the various functions and organization of The World Bank as well as an overview of how priorities are...
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Bread for the World
"Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers."
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Ifad: Enabling Poor Rural People to Overcome Poverty
IFAD is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its mission is to alleviate poverty in the world's rural areas by helping them gain access to financial services, markets, technology, and resources.
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Kyrgyz Republic
This site has a description of the economy and development of the Kyrgyz Republic from the perspective of the World Bank. Read about economic policy, human development, and World Bank programs.
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Data by Topic
Links to data which cover agriculture, education, environment, health and population and other issues regarding economic development.
World Food Programme
United Nations World Food Programme: Peru
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site covers why Peru's economic growth rate has not been sufficient to reduce poverty or food insecurity and the resultant migration...
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: World: Dispatches: Nigeria: The Corruption of Oil
An examination of the culture of corruption plaguing Nigeria stoked by its valuable oil fields and overwhelming levels of poverty.
World Food Programme
United Nations World Food Programme: Ecuador
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Ecuador.
World Food Programme
United Nations World Food Programme: Bangladesh
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Bangladesh.
Oxfam
Oxfam
The homepage for the global aid agency of Oxfam, a good source for information on current crisis areas around the world. Choose the "Emergencies," button to go immediately to the latest news about the world's humanitarian crises.
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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod)
CAFOD helps the impoverished by promoting long-term development, emergency response, and educating the public about poverty. CAFOD also speaks out on behalf of the poor and promots social justice.
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