print email comment close Global Distribution of Poverty URL: http://sedac.ciesin.org/povmap/ Description: This project's mission is "to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live." Its website features maps, datasets (with information about malnutrition and infant mortality rates), papers and presentations, and the 2006 "Atlas of Poverty." From the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. Publisher: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University LII Database Information: Record 25279 created by Ray Van Diest on 01/15/2008 Last modification on 02/26/2008 Published: 03/06/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25279