Western Center on Law and Poverty

Drugs threaten stability in Guinea-Bissau.
UPI Emerging Threats; 11/16/2009; 958 words; ...Nigeria has traditionally been the center of West Africa's narcotics...recent years targeted the largely poverty-stricken, war-ravaged countries...quarter of the cocaine used in Western Europe passed through West Africa...a country where the rule of law barely exists and corruption...

A new approach to US aid in the Muslim world.
Daily News Egypt (Egypt); 10/7/2009; 1040 words; ...In Iraq, for instance, the Center for Global Development's Commitment...methods for wealth building and poverty reduction argue that foreign...development, respect the rule of law and exercise free market principles...is part of a series analysing Western policies in the Muslim world...

Catholic Charities USA Officially Begins Its Centennial Year With 2009 Annual Gathering.
Telecommunications Weekly; 10/7/2009; 1281 words; ...Washington, D.C. law firm--Arent Fox...moving portrayal of poverty in America. His...campaign to reduce poverty in America. The...Community Services of Western Washington, Seattle...families, reducing poverty and building better...Burbank Family Resource Center, San Jose; Family...

Shutting down child sex tourism
The Boston Globe; 9/30/2009; 951 words; ...from scrutiny and US law enforcement. This...destinations for Western child sex tourists...children, these laws often remain unenforced...closely with Cambodian law enforcement agencies...similarly beset by poverty, weak or corrupt law enforcement, and...research fellow at the ...

Pittsburgh Shows How the Rust Belt Can Be Polished Up; Host of G-20 Summit Has Evolved
The Washington Post; 9/24/2009; 1192 words; ...Pittsburgh Medical Center, an $8 billion...50,000 people in western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh...are, still a major center and doing well...first convention center to be certified...the city's tax laws three years ago...along the river, poverty abounds: Many children...