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Author | : Anthony Mckeown |
Publisher | : Chandos Publishing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2016-07-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0081012314 |
Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a macro, meso, and micro model of information poverty indicators has been developed and applied to illustrate the impact of public libraries at strategic, community, and personal levels. - Stimulates thinking and debate on information poverty and how it may be addressed by public libraries, education departments, and governments - Uses case studies to investigate how information poverty can be tackled at the macro, meso, and micro level - Focuses on how strategic policies to reduce information poverty filter through to community-based interventions within branch libraries - Discusses mixed methods, using quantitative and qualitative data, surveys, interviews, and focus groups with library users and non-users, to conduct a three-level investigation of information poverty
Author | : Ronald J. Sider |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441201629 |
Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook those among us who suffer while we live in practical opulence. This holistic approach to helping the poor goes far beyond donating clothes or money, envisioning a world in which faith-based groups work with businesses, the media, and the government to help end poverty in the world's richest nation. This updated edition includes current statistics, policy recommendations, and discussions covering everything from welfare reform, changes to Medicade, and the Social Security debate. "Sider's most important book since Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger."--Jim Wallis, author, God's Politics "Sider knows how to lift up people in need.... [An] important and challenging book."--John Ashcroft, former Attorney General of the United States
Author | : Martín Burt |
Publisher | : Red Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-09-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781912157129 |
"This is the story about a question we never thought to ask - Who owns poverty? - and about an unexpected answer that challenges everything that we thought we knew about what poverty is, and what we can do about it. This book is for the governments, development organizations and changemakers who are frustrated with simply trying to reduce poverty, or alleviating its effects--and our lack of progress in doing either. This is a book that celebrates the power of audacious questions and considers what happens when we put poverty back into the hands of the real experts: families living in poverty."--Page 4 of cover
Author | : Rick Joyner |
Publisher | : Morningstar Publications Inc. |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1607083736 |
Have you repeatedly tried to move into a new level of personal and financial freedom? Does something always seem to be holding you back? In Overcoming the Spirit of Poverty, Rick Joyner exposes one of Satan’s most deadly strongholds seeking to keep you in bondage. The spirit of poverty affects more than economics—it keeps you from experiencing the fullness of the victory gained for you at the cross. Learn how to recognize and overcome this stronghold and gain a place of spiritual authority that will enable you to meet the needs of today’s world.
Author | : Ritu Sharma |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014-06-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1137464267 |
As the old axiom goes: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." But teach a woman to fish, and everyone eats for a lifetime. In this firsthand account, Ritu Sharma shares how women can, and are, overcoming the forces that keep them in poverty. She chronicles her travels through four countries—Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Honduras, and Nicaragua—and the intimate interactions she had with the women living there. Sharma's story not only details her experiences, but also looks at the broader systems that prevent women from leaving poverty behind. From lack of property rights and government corruption to the scarcity of basic infrastructure like roads, these women are restricted by the external limitations placed upon them. Sharma draws from her experiences to frame a larger exploration of how Americans can be instrumental in helping women break free of restrictive systems and begin to facilitate women's upward mobility. Written in her engaging personal voice, Teach a Woman to Fish provides an insider's look at women in poverty, how Washington works, and how change really happens—from the United States to the rest of the world.
Author | : Dr. Bill Quain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Businesspeople |
ISBN | : 9788188452668 |
OVERCOMING TIME POVERTY is Dr. Bill Quain's latest title which addresses today'S biggest problem. There is not Enough Time! Everyone is aware of it and unhappy about it, but until now no one had thought of a solution for it. Bill Quain gives a foolproof system for creating a time-rich lifestyle. He brings out the fact that YOU are a major part of the solution! Personal business ownership is a cornerstone of this system. Developing a business gives ordinary people equity. Equity creates income, allowing people to spend their time on more important things. Why are people out of time? They trade their time for dollars (or rupees) on a job. They need money, so they "sell" their time. Soon, they spend so much time working for money that they have too little time for everything else.
Author | : Ruby K. Payne |
Publisher | : AHA! Process |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Educational sociology |
ISBN | : 9781938248016 |
The 5th edition features an enhanced chapter on instruction and achievement; greater emphasis on the thinking, community, and learning patterns involved in breaking out of poverty; plentiful citations, new case studies, and data: more details findings about interventions, resources, and causes of poverty, and a review of the outlook for people in poverty---and those who work with them.
Author | : Ken Guy |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821332160 |
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 281.This study examines the best practices of eight OECD countries--Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States--in designing national policies and programs to accelerate the effective use of information technology in support of industrial competitiveness. New technologies in computing, communications, and multimedia are changing the competitive advantage of industries, services, and entire economies. Enterprises must therefore increase their technological development and education through government assistance.The emerging experience is rich and diverse. The study draws on the tacit knowledge of the designers and implementors of national policies and programs to establish key rules-of-thumb for future programs. The authors outline broad directions for adapting these practices to the conditions of developing countries.
Author | : Duncan Green |
Publisher | : Oxfam |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0855985933 |
Offers a look at the causes and effects of poverty and inequality, as well as the possible solutions. This title features research, human stories, statistics, and compelling arguments. It discusses about the world we live in and how we can make it a better place.
Author | : Elaine Weiss |
Publisher | : Harvard Education Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2021-02-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1682533506 |
In Broader, Bolder, Better, authors Elaine Weiss, of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education campaign, and Paul Reville, former Massachusetts secretary of education, make a compelling case for a fundamental change in the way we view education. The authors argue for a large-scale expansion of community-school partnerships in order to provide holistic, integrated student supports (ISS) from cradle to career, including traditional wraparound services like health, mental health, nutrition, and family supports, as well as expanded access to opportunities such as early childhood education, afterschool activities, and summer enrichment programs. The book builds on nearly a decade of research by the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, a national initiative endorsed by more than sixty policy experts and leaders from across the country, and draws on the work of Harvard’s Education Redesign Lab. It pulls from case studies of effective ISS efforts in twelve diverse communities to illustrate the variety of strategies that can be adopted locally. A call to action that also provides examples of communities that are successfully leveling the playing field for poor children, this book offers a detailed vision for building—through field work, mobilization, and financing—comprehensive systems to prepare all children for success.