WeD is a multidisciplinary research group funded by the ESRC, dedicated to the study of poverty, inequality and the quality of life in poor countries. The research group is based at the University of Bath and draws on the knowledge and expertise from three different departments (Economics and International Development, Social and Policy Sciences and Psychology) as well as an extensive network o...

This review engages with Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou’s The Asian American Achievement Paradox to consider how ethnic culture matters for social mobility among the immigrant second generation. It describes the strengths and contributions of the book, connects it to broader debates on culture, poverty, and mobility, and draws on my own research on the second generation in New York City. It highligh...

Disasters seem destined to be major issues of academic enquiry in the new century if for no other reason than that they are inseparably linked to questions of environmental conservation, resource depletion and migration patterns in an increasingly globalised world. Unfortunately, inadequate attention has been directed at considering the historical roots of the discursive framework within which ...

MOPAN MAYA CHILDREN of San Antonio, Toledo, Belize, face a number of challenges to their success in school. Mayan ethnicity, language, and traditional economic strategies are rendered disadvantageous for school achievement by historical, social, cultural, and economic forces. Statistics on poverty and child growth indicate that Mayan children are poorer and more poorly nourished than other Beli...

Poverty is a reality for many families living in Canadian inner cities. There is no accepted definition of poverty in Canada. However, it was estimated that 9.6% of Canadians were living on a low income in 2009.1 This is based on a low-income cutoff defined as the income level at which a family might be in straitened circumstances because it has to spend a greater portion of its income on basic...

This paper argues that NGDOs should focus their attention on revealing how, despite the ‘pro-poor’ development discourse that has underlined the international project of poverty reduction, poor people still lose in grassroots practice. This is because conflicts in perceptual meanings (image-conflicts) involved in interfaces among actors operating from different frames of reality are not properl...

First of all a definition is given of "poverty" and "precaution". A short, by no means comprehensive, presentation of some especially relevant recent publications on both topics is included, with a view to offering also readers who are not familiar with these issues a broad overview of the specialised literature available. This is followed by a description of the solidarity concept, following v...

The world's economy is in a fragile state. Although cautiously recovering from a global recession, unemployment rates and poverty levels remain high. At the same time, food and fuel crises have resulted in skyrocketing commodity costs, straining household budgets even further than before. In the wake of these financial pressure points, there has been increased focus on social safety net program...