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Poverty in Plenty - A human development report for the UK (Hardcover)
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Poverty in Plenty - A human development report for the UK (Hardcover)
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'Poverty in Plenty breaks new ground in two ways. It is the first
national Human Development Report to focus on an industrialised
country and it is the first to be produced by a non-governmental
organisation While problems of poverty and deprivation are less
extreme in countries such as the UK than in some other parts of the
world, the human development message is still highly relevant.
There are many people who suffer through inadequate housing,
insufficient means to guarantee a nutritious diet and the absence
of secure, rewarding and remunerative employment' From the Foreward
by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Human Development Report Office, United
Nations Development Programme 'The economics that dominates Britain
loosely known as globilisation is a kind of religion which dictates
that the worship of money should take preference over common buman
values like the sharing of wealth and the right to a decent life.
This report reveals the power of traditional economics over our
society, and the way in which the lives of our grandmothers and
grandfathers, men and women, girls and boys have been damaged and
impoverished. I highly recommend it' Ann Pettifor, Director,
Jubilee 2000 UK The UK's performance on poverty and deprivation
ranks 16th out of 18 industrialised countries ? People living in
Glasgow Shettleston are 3.8 times more likely to die before they
are 65 years old than those living in Wokingham In industrialised
countries, wealth and affluence are widely perceived to be growing,
although not at the same rate for everyone. But economic growth is
not the same as genuine human development. Poverty in Plenty
applies accepted measures of human poverty education, health and
employment to the UK, and assesses how our food and housing
policies contribute to a sustainable way of life. It draws on the
work of leading research institutes and campaigning groups to
determine the real state of society in the UK. Using a range of
indicators to measure livelihoods and well-being, the report shows
how widespread poverty is and highlights the vast geographical
disparities in levels of poverty that exist within the UK. It goes
on to set out what urgently needs to be done to address the
sobering trends revealed and describes effective policies that will
allow us to improve the current situation. The findings are of
vital importance to those working on social issues in the public
and voluntary sectors, and to students and general readers wanting
the truth behind the public statistics. Jane Seymour is an
independent researcher and writer on health and environment issues.
Originally published in 2000
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