Child Poverty Action Group
www.cpag.org.uk/ Country: United Kingdom
Description:
CPAG has been fighting poverty in the UK for more than 30 years. It will continue to lobby Government and campaign for policies to improve the lives of people living in poverty for as long as is necessary. This website provides information to help people campaign against poverty, and to explain the work that CPAG is doing. [Back to top] Guide to European Population Assistance
www.euroresources.org Source: German Foundation for World Population (DSW)
Description:
The Guide to European Population Assistance provides a practical overview of European governmental funding lines in the field of sexual and reproductive health, including family planning and HIV/AIDS, population and sustainable development.[Back to top] New Policy Institute
www.npi.org.uk/ Country: United Kingdom
Description:
The institute's research areas include poverty and social exclusion in Europe, government, societies and institutions. [Back to top] Oxford Social Disadvantage Research Group
users.ox.ac.uk/~sdrc/pages/index/index.html Source: University of Oxford Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research
Country: United Kingdom
Description:
Current research projects include:
In and Out of Benefit': The dynamics of parents on benefit.
Race, Place and Poverty: The impact of poverty on minority ethnic groups.
Mapping Rural Poverty.
The use of Geographical Information Systems in the strategic planning of health and social services in rural areas
Educational Disadvantage and Local School Choice. Related Sites:Oxford Poverty Map: Map of Oxford, England showing numbers of unemployed people dependent on Income Support in five bands SDRG Publications [Back to top] Scottish Poverty Information Unit
spiu.gcal.ac.uk/home.html Country: United Kingdom
Description:
The Scottish Poverty Information Unit aims to research and collate information about
poverty in Scotland and to make it accessible to community groups, voluntary
organisations and people working in the anti-poverty field. The Unit also hopes to make
a contribution by providing information needed to develop and evaluate effective
anti-poverty work.[Back to top] Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP)
www.scp.nl/defaultuk.htm Country: Netherlands
Description:
The Social and Cultural Planning Office is a research organisation which operates on an interdepartmental basis. On behalf of the Dutch government it provides building-blocks for policy formation in the social and cultural fields, particularly in relation to topics touching more than one department.
Related Sites:
Poverty Monitor 1998 and Poverty Monitor 1999: a complete picture of poverty in the Netherlands. [Back to top]
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