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The Challenge of World Poverty » Readings. 2009. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-fall-2009/readings/ The Challenge of World Poverty » Readings]. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.
 
Development through Dialogue, Design and Dissemination. 2009. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-721-d-lab-i-development-fall-2009/course-notes/MITSP_721F09_lec01.pdf Development through Dialogue, Design and Dissemination]. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.
 
eentory. 2012. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/07/23/138249/economists-us-poverty-on-track-to-hit-highest-level-since-1960s Economists: US Poverty On Track To Hit Highest Level Since 1960s]. July 23. news.slashdot.org/
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Goodman, Amy. 2012. [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/workers_feel_the_pain_of_bain_20120829/ Workers Feel the Pain of Bain]. August 29. TruthDig.
 
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Leonhardt, David. 2013. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.xml Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor]. March 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.
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Manual scavenging figures shocking, says Jairam. 2012. [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article3511068.ece Manual scavenging figures shocking, says Jairam]. June 10. New Dehli, India: The Hindu.
 
Marquard, Bryan. 2014. [http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2014/09/30/betty-reid-mandell-west-roxbury-social-work-professor-was-longtime-advocate-for-poor/v4AG0b115FCcjXUcHL7HgK/story.html Betty Reid Mandell, at 89; longtime advocate for the poor]. OCTOBER 01. Boston, MA: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2014/09/30/betty-reid-mandell-west-roxbury-social-work-professor-was-longtime-advocate-for-poor/v4AG0b115FCcjXUcHL7HgK/story.html.
 
Moyers, Bill. 2012. [http://truth-out.org/news/item/10494-journalist-chris-hedges-on-capitalisms-sacrifice-zones-communities-destroyed-for-profit Journalist Chris Hedges on Capitalism's "Sacrifice Zones": Communities Destroyed for Profit]. 24 July. New York, NY: Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company.
 
O'Neill, Kathryn. 2013. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/obama-duflo-global-development-council.html President Obama announces intent to appoint Esther Duflo to Global Development Council: MIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council]. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.
 
Rayna St. 2013. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/04/05/opening-the-black-box-of-governance-alleviating-poverty-with-data/ Opening the Black Box of Governance: Alleviating Poverty With Data]. April 5. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org.
 
Simanis, Erik. 2012. [http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/06/the_smart_way_to_make_profits.html The Smart Way to Make Profits While Serving the Poor]. June 20. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.
 
Tendler, Judith. 1976. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-471-targeting-the-poor-local-economic-development-in-developing-countries-spring-2010/readings/MIT11_471S10_Agrarian.pdf INTER-COUNTRY EVALUATION OF SMALL FARMER ORGANIZATIONS: HONDURAS - 'What Happens in an Agrarian Reform]. Cambridge, MA: For Office of Development Programs of the Latin America Bureau of A.I.D.
 
Tough, Paul. 2012. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/magazine/obama-poverty.html What Does Obama Really Believe In?]. August 19. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
Whittle, MD, Amy. 2014. [http://www.aapca1.org/storage/april-2014/april-syllabus/AdvocacyWhittle3UP.pdf Advocacy Update: Through the Lens of Childhood Lens of Childhood Poverty]. Tahoe, CA: aapca1.org/storage/april-2014/april-syllabus/AdvocacyWhittle3UP.pdf.
 
Yglesias, Matthew. 2011. [http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/11/15/368214/will-science-reframe-poverty/ Will Science Reframe Poverty?] November 15. Cambridge, MA: Think Progress.
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Boettiger, Sara. 2013. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/12/boettiger Re-Thinking Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Models for the Poor]. (Global Access in Action Project). December 10. Cambridge, MA: cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/12/boettiger .
 
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Gates, Bill, and Hans Rosling. 2012. [http://ki.se/en/bill-gates-meets-hans-rosling-at-ki Bill Gates and Hans Rosling debate the end of extreme poverty, 31 March at Karolinska Institutet]. Sweden: Karolinska Institutet.
 
Goodman, Amy with Denis Moynihan. 2012. [http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/8/30/workers_feel_the_pain_of_bain Workers Feel the Pain of Bain]. August 30. Democracy Now.
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