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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

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Across the social sciences the typical study of poverty assesses the individual characteristics that explain why people are poor. In recent years sociologists have called on inequality researchers to contextualize socio-economic attainment within the institutions and social relations that generate inequality. Our study analyzes how the political context of affluent democracies embodied by the welfare state and collective political actors shapes poverty. Specifically we conduct a multi-level analysis of working-aged adult poverty across 18 affluent Western democracies. Using the