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The poverty section of the Global Issues web site looks into causes of poverty around the world. Why are poor nations poor? What are the roles of the IMF and World Bank with their Structural Adjustment policies? What are the effects of debt. The roles of major players such as the United Nations, United States, Britain are also introduced. Tied in with other global issues which are inter-related with the issue of poverty, it affects all of us. Many links to other articles, research, essays and organizations are provided to look into such questions and issues." /><!--[if lt IE 9]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/2/ie8.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 8]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/6/ie7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 7]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/8/ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--> ti

This part of the globalissues.org web site presents some of the hard hitting facts and statistics on poverty." /><!--[if lt IE 9]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/2/ie8.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 8]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/6/ie7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 7]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/8/ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->This is a cached version of http://www.glo

This part of the globalissues.org web site presents some of the hard hitting facts and statistics on poverty." /><!--[if lt IE 9]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/2/ie8.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 8]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/6/ie7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 7]><link href="http://static2.globalissues.org/css/8/ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->This is a cached version of http://www.glo

Considers world poverty causes and possible solutions, including the views of Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx and others