Poverty is an issue facing countries around the globe, yet it is a multi-dimensional phenomenon caused by a variety of factors, differing from context with no linear chain of cause and effect. The occurrence and persistence of poverty is influenced by an interrelated web of economic, social, psychological, cultural, and political factors.   Focusing on countries-in-transition belonging to the former Soviet bloc where the existence of poverty was officially denied until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume examines the ways in which each country is dealing with its newly acknowledged and rapidly increasing poverty. The transition from socialism to democracy and market economies has proved more difficult and costly than anyone imagined. Scholars from the six countries examined here profile and evaluate current social policies and programs on poverty eradication and provide a comparative perspective that ensures that culturally specific solutions can be found in place of borrowed solutions from abroad - solutions which have thus far ignored the cultural factor and have thus failed to deliver.

Poverty in Transition?

Business & Money

Economics

United Nations Educational

Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1997. It is situated in an area commonly referred to as the Sacred Garden . Archaeological remains testify to the authenticity of the place, which has become a major pilgrimage site. Nevertheless over two and a half millennia, the understanding of Lumbini has changed and different perceptions exist of what Lumbini might have been like at the birth of Lord Buddha. For the long-term safeguarding of this World Heritage site, overall understanding of the property is essential. This publication will provide a means for the various stakeholders to come to an understanding of each other s historical, religious, environmental and touristic perspectives of Lumbini.

The Sacred Garden of Lumbini: Perceptions of Buddha's birthplace

Politics & Social Sciences

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Social Sciences

Catalogue De Reproductions De Peintures, 1860. a 1979/Catalogue of Reproductions of Paintings, 1860 to 1979: With Seventeen Projects for Exhibitions.

Unescon

Reference

Vegetation Map of South America: Explanatory Notes (Natural Resources Research Series)

Discharge on Selected Rivers of the World/U1488 (STUDIES AND REPORTS IN HYDROLOGY) (English, French, Russian and Spanish Edition)

History

Unknown, Author

Russia

Anthologie De La Poesie Coreenne Medievale Et Classique (French Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Study Abroad 2006-2007

COLLECTIF

Job Hunting & Careers

Zooplankton Sampling (Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology : No 2)

UNESCO

Child and Play: Theoretical Approaches and Teaching Applications (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization. Educational S)

Many Voices One World: Towards a New, More Just and More Efficient World Information and Communication Order (Communication and Society Today and to)

Education & Teaching

Sean MacBride

Schools & Teaching

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