Poverty in Local and Global Contexts. This paper addresses poverty, both in the US and abroad. It presents statistics on poverty in the First and Third Worlds, as well as using portrayals of poverty in contemporary fiction and nonfiction: "Jihad vs. McWorld", The Handmaid's Tale, and The Bone People. 8 pgs, bibliography lists 6 sources. Pages: 8 Bibliography: 6 source(s) listed Filename: 12068 Poverty in Local.doc Price: 71.60