SWRK 4319: Social Welfare Policy Analysis

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.

The ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war.

ReliefWeb's editorial team monitors and collects information from more than 4,000 key sources, including humanitarian agencies at the international and local levels, governments, think-tanks and research institutions, and the media.

"The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. EPI believes every working person deserves a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and retirement security. "

"The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality and the impact of related policies and programs."

"MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates."

A private, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues.

"While rooted in an understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty, the Poverty Solutions initiative engages multiple disciplines and extends beyond basic research. It drives change by focusing on collaborative, action-based research partnerships with communities, policymakers, and stakeholders."

"The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality has five objectives: to monitor trends in poverty and inequality, to support scientific analysis of poverty and inequality, to develop science-based policy on poverty and inequality, to disseminate data and research on poverty and inequality, and to train the next generation of scholars, policy analysts, and politicians."

"The UC Davis Center for Poverty Research mission is to facilitate non-partisan academic research on poverty in the U.S., disseminate this research, and train the next generation of poverty scholars."

"The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic research center housed in the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Established in 2002, the Center’s research informs evidence-based policy on the causes, consequences, and correlates of poverty and inequality in the United States."

"The nonprofit Urban Institute is one of the country’s leading research institutions, known for broad economic and social policy expertise and five decades of scholarship."

"CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice."

Based in Rio de Janeiro and with a US 501[c][3] charitable status, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) is an empowerment, communications, think tank, and advocacy NGO working since 2000 in support of Rio’s favelas at the intersection of sustainable community development, human rights, local-global networks, communications, and urban planning. CatComm supports and empowers residents of informal settlements, evolving strategically to support their needs as they arise.

The Center for Global Development works "to change the policies and practices of rich countries and powerful institutions to reduce global poverty and inequality."

A nonprofit that supports other nonprofits by connecting them to donors and companies.

Explore UK charities working across the world.

"ONE is a campaigning and advocacy organisation of more than eight million people around the world taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa."

"Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. With 70 years of experience in more than 90 countries, Oxfam takes on the big issues that keep people poor: inequality, discrimination, and unequal access to resources including food, water, and land."

"Researchers in the Townsend Centre have been at the forefront of efforts to develop scientific definitions and measures of poverty that are meaningful and effective in both the industrialised and developing world. If poverty cannot be measured accurately, it cannot easily be eradicated."

"AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps people 50 and older improve the quality of their lives."

The mission of the Brookings Institution "is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level."

"TThe Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues."

"The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions."