http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33387_20091104.pdf

Presents data collected on the employment status and the sources and amounts of income received by people aged 65 and older. Also covers poverty status of the elderly and changes in income as people age. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-25766.pdf

Federal Register notice which requests public comments on proposed federal guidelines which would ensure that compensation policies at large banks would not encourage excessive risk-taking by executives. From the Office of the Federal Reserve.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB61/EIB61.pdf

Traces trends in the declining percent of spending by households on food and a corresponding increase in food insecurity in low-income and even middle-income households. From the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.financialstability.gov/latest/tg_102220009e.html

Reviews the decisions of the Special Master for the Troubled Assets Relief Program. Reduces compensation for five top executives and the next 20 most highly compensated employees for each of the seven recipient companies of exceptional assistance funds: AIG, Citigroup, Bank of America, Chrysler, GM, GMAC, and Chrysler Financial. From the Department of the Treasury.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33069.pdf

Covers trends in poverty, the official definition of poverty, poverty among selected groups, and the geography of poverty. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st265/stat265.pdf

Describes trends in access to health care over a ten year period for those in poverty or without health insurance. Reports that the percentage of the population with a usual source of medical care slipped from 82% in 1996 to 80% in 2006 and that the decline was concentrated among those without health insurance. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032009/rdcall/toc.htm

Provides a series of alternative estimates of income and the per cent of people and families in poverty in 2008. From the Census Bureau.

http://docustore.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp209430.pdf

Represents the 10th progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit. Reports that the global economic crisis has confronted poor developing countries with declines in export earnings and foreign aid. Estimates that 1.02 billion people are undernourished in 2009. From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32697_20091002.pdf

Reports that the median income of Americans aged 65 and older in 2008 was $18,208. This report provides information on the number of elderly individuals and households who received income from a variety of sources, including earnings, pensions, savings, Social Security, and government assistance programs, and the amounts they received. Also provides information on median individual and household income by demographic characteristics. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.usip.org/files/haiti_after_donors_conference.pdf

Surveys poverty and inequality in Haiti and examines obstacles to sustained stability and growth as a means of understanding why support efforts have not succeeded to date. Calls for conditional cash transfers, expanded microcredit, and the creation of a national civil service corps for stimulating sustainable growth. From the United States Institute of Peace.

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf

Presents the latest annual assessment of progress towards the eight quantitative benchmarks established for reducing extreme poverty by 2015. Describes the bleak effects of the global recession and climate change as the latest threats toward the fulfillment of the goals.. From the United Nations.