RUNNING HEAD: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Paulina Chavez
Annotated Bibliography
University of Texas at El Paso

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Paulina Chavez
RWS 1301
Annotated bibliography

Cruz, M. (2015, October 16). The three major challenges to ending extreme poverty [Web log
post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/three-majorchallenges-ending-extreme-poverty.
The blog The three major challenges to ending extreme poverty is about the global
monitoring report and how the poverty rate was expected to fall in 2015. In this blog it
introduces the challenges of poverty and one of them is boosting the shared prosperity. Also the
inequality of the poor income and the bottom 40 percent of the shared prosperity population. It
also talks about the central aspect about the income deprivation that restricts the ability to
consume certain basic goods such as employment, education and health.

Edelman, P. (2012, July 28). Poverty in America: Why Cant We End It? The New York Times.
Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/why-cant-we-endpoverty-in-america.html?_r=0.

This is a newspaper article talking about Ronald Reagan and what he thinks about
poverty. This newspaper article also talks about some statistics on poverty from 1973 to 2000. In
this article Edelman also specify the 4 reason he thinks poverty is still a big issue in our country
and this are: A lot of people work in a low-wage job, household are headed to single parents,
disappearance of cash assistance for low income mothers and persistent issues on race and
gender. These 4 topics on what is causing poverty and a little background on the civil rights
movement and what effect this had on poverty now a days also is discussed in this article.
Throughout the article Edelman only goes in depth on each one to explain how each one is
affecting poverty and some solutions for each one.

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Edward, R. (2015). Poverty and power: The Problem of Structural Inequality (2nd Edition). Blue
Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

In the book poverty and power, chapter one begins with the author letting know to the
people that poverty is a bigger issue that needs to get the attention necessary. It also says about
how in television and social media poverty it is not depicted and has been really invisible. In this
book Royce the author also speaks about the political influences on poverty and how is it seen by
some people that is not only social weakness or bad behaviors but that poverty is something that
is due because of the economic and political structures. Another reason said by this book is that
one of the main causes of poverty is because a lot of American are denied the right or chance to a
job or education and that increases poverty and homelessness in our country.

James, A. (2014, October 9). Poverty and Homelessness are human and civil rights issues. Talk
Poverty. Retrieved October 8th, 2015, From http://talkpoverty.org/2014/10/09/povertyand-homelessness/

The article Poverty and Homelessness are human and civil rights issues written by
James Abro is an article that is criticizing past articles and news about poverty and how they
dont portray the actual and truthful meaning of what poverty is causing and what it really is:
Civil Rights issues.
In this article James Abro also states some recommendations to what should be done in
order to to give the homeless all their rights. James Abro said Nothing fundamentally changed
in how we viewed these groups of persons until we started recognizing them as fully human,
entitled to the same human and constitutional rights as anyone else. In this statement by Abro it
is showing how everything started changing once the homeless and people that live on poverty
started being treated as normal humans that deserve the same rights.

Leach, M. (2005, October 15). A roof is not enough. Share-International. Retrieved October 8th,
2015, From http://www.share-international.org/archives/homelessness/hl-mlaroof.htm.

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A roof is not enough is an article written by Monte Leach. In this article Leach
referring to some books that talk about human rights talk about the actual and present statistic in
the U.S about poverty and the causes of it. Homelessness is caused by poverty and
unemployment. This statement of Leach show one of the cause due to his research show the
cause of poverty and that is due to unemployment. He also establishes that international help
should be included in order to fight poverty because homelessness has become an international
issue. To support his paper he uses success stories of people that is being helped or that follow
the solutions he suggested could work. Housing is other issue he also brings up to the topic and
how shelter are not fully helping this people and that new organization that actually help should
be included. He also talks about how poverty is also a political problem because he homelessness
dont have a lot of weight on political issues because they are constantly discriminated and taken
for granted.

(N.A)National Student Campaign against hunger and homelessness. Students Against Hunger.
Retrieved October 18, From http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/page/hhp/overviewhomelessness-america.

The website National Student Campaign against hunger and homelessness talks mainly
about statistic of who is homeless and the reason why they are. Also they give a brief explanation
of the homelessness in America and some factors causing hunger and poverty. Some of this
factors are: The most important is economic problems and the minimum wage in the U.S being
really low also, that in housing it is not affordable and the lack of medical support as medical
care programs. Also there is some political factor contributing poverty and social like mental
problem or drug addiction. It is also giving some possible solutions like tracking the roots of the
problem and proving solutions as affordable housing and expanding and opening more help
programs that aid the homelessness.

World, B. (2014). Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity:
Concepts, Data, and the Twin Goals. Herndon: World Bank Publications.
The book A measured approach to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity it talks mainly
about how to end global poverty and if boosting prosperity will help to eliminate or decrease
poverty. This book give a lot of statistic for different countries facing poverty. It also gives an

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explanation on the different ways poverty is viewed or measured and one example is that poverty
is measured by income and consumption. Boosting shared prosperity can lead to a solution to
poverty by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population. In this part of the
book it specify how this option does not have an explicit solution but it has some points to possible
improvements.

REFERENCE PAGE

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Cruz, M. (2015, October 16). The three major challenges to ending extreme poverty [Web log
post].

Retrieved

from

http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/three-major-

challenges-ending-extreme-poverty.
Edelman, P. (2012, July 28). Poverty in America: Why Cant We End It? The New York Times.
Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/why-cant-we-endpoverty-in-america.html?_r=0.
Edward, R. (2015). Poverty and power: The Problem of Structural Inequality (2nd Edition). Blue
Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
James, A. (2014, October 9). Poverty and Homelessness are human and civil rights issues. Talk
Poverty. Retrieved October 8th, 2015, From http://talkpoverty.org/2014/10/09/povertyand-homelessness/
Leach, M. (2005, October 15). A roof is not enough. Share-International. Retrieved October 8th,
2015, From http://www.share-international.org/archives/homelessness/hl-mlaroof.htm.
(N.A)National Student Campaign against hunger and homelessness. Students Against
Hunger.

Retrieved

October

18,

From

http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/page/hhp/overview-homelessness-america.
World, B. (2014). Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity:
Concepts, Data, and the Twin Goals. Herndon: World Bank Publications.

EXERCISE #1

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Background information: The background information that I am going to use is from the website
Studentagainsthunger.org because in this source it gives you the background information about
poverty. In this website it is explained what poverty is and what is causing it.
Major points and logical order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What is poverty?
What is causing poverty in America?
What of this causes are the same worldwide?
Solutions to poverty
Possible outcomes

Explanation: My major points right now are a little bit broad and it is because I am still
researching but first I will introduce my topic by explaining what poverty is and citing the
website. After I am going to explained what is causing poverty and talk about the causes causing
poverty in the entire world. After the solutions given by people and researchers to the problem
and the possible outcomes if this solutions are put in place.

Conclusion: I will conclude my report by giving all the solutions, for this specific topic the main
point and the most important that the audience needs to pay attention for is the solution to the
problem. Poverty is a worldwide issue that is causing millions of people to die each day, and a
solution to this problem will save a lot of lives.
Abstract

Poverty has become a national issue, it is not only a problem in America but also on the entire
world. Poverty is defined differently through the eyes of different people, but it is the state of
being extremely poor, facing homelessness, hunger, lack of education and sufficient money.
There are several reasons on what is causing poverty and one of them is that people are not
getting educated and therefore not getting a well payed job. The minimum wage is to low, and
political issues are also influencing poverty in America. Poverty is causing thousands of people
in the world to die each day and if solutions are created these numbers will reduce a lot. An
example of the solutions that are going to be discussed in this report are: raising the minimum
wage, provide better oversight to financial markets, maintain safety net programs as Medicaid
and generate needed revenue and boost tax services. All this solutions are going to be discussed
in depth in this report by analyzing statistic and different point of views because poverty is a
bigger issue.