Initiative by the International Social Science Council and UNESCO to provide reliable data and sound theories on poverty.

US nonprofit organization that promotes information sharing and collaboration within the human services sector.

London-based group studies poverty and development issues for the elderly. Read its annual report and its policy publications.

Provides a list of agencies state-to-state that offer social services such as health care, education and employment.

PBS-hosted focus on panhandlers. Take a panhandler effectiveness quiz, read comments from panhandlers or read why the artist made the site.

World Bank provides literature, a newsletter, profiles, reports and practical perspectives related to poverty around the world.

Find updated news reports and analysis pertaining to issues of economic disparity. Includes action alerts and classifieds.

Established in 1907, this New York-based research center is devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences.

Read an abstract of a special report prepared by the World Bank on the social effect of supporting economic development around the world.

National, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality. Explore a FAQ.

Provides a guide to the current issues surrounding the welfare debate and offers a digest of recent news stories and policy options.

Major Urban Institute study of welfare reform.

Univ. of Southern California's school of communications provides a resource that monitors media reports on welfare.