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From child care to inequality, welfare policy and equal rights, social policies determine the economic and social well-being of individuals and families. Brookings scholars explore how to design and implement social policies in order to reduce poverty, increase economic mobility and encourage responsibility and opportunity.
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The bottom line is, the women's situation [in Japan] is not going to improve until you address more fundamental equity issues. September 10, 2013, Mireya Solís, Los Angeles Times
The bottom line is, the women's situation [in Japan] is not going to improve until you address more fundamental equity issues.
Interview | The Inter-American Dialogue’s Daily Latin America Advisor
September 2013, Guillermo Vuletin
We’ve really seen considerable progress in getting more girls into school over the past two decades. In fact, the gap between girls and boys has been narrowing considerably. Today, of the 57 million children of primary school-age not in school, 53 percent are girls. It’s still more than 50 percent, but that number is closing. August 26, 2013, Jenny Perlman Robinson , Camfed
We’ve really seen considerable progress in getting more girls into school over the past two decades. In fact, the gap between girls and boys has been narrowing considerably. Today, of the 57 million children of primary school-age not in school, 53 percent are girls. It’s still more than 50 percent, but that number is closing.
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August 13, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy and Carol Graham
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June 25, 2013, Salman Shaikh
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When people think of poverty in America, they tend to think of inner city neighborhoods or isolated rural communities. But today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country. May 20, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone, CNNMoney.com
When people think of poverty in America, they tend to think of inner city neighborhoods or isolated rural communities. But today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country.
How would a crackdown backfire? Because it would produce, immediately in Colorado, and eventually in other states, an atomized, anarchic state legalized but unregulated marijuana market that federal drug enforcers lack the manpower to contain and lack the legal power to force the states to contain. May 8, 2013, Stuart S. Taylor, Jr., KCRW
How would a crackdown backfire? Because it would produce, immediately in Colorado, and eventually in other states, an atomized, anarchic state legalized but unregulated marijuana market that federal drug enforcers lack the manpower to contain and lack the legal power to force the states to contain.
Expert Q & A | Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins
May 7, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins
Often the major problem is that the governments aren't enforcing the labor laws and the safety standards and regulations that they've actually agreed to and the international agreements they've signed up to. May 2, 2013, Jane Nelson, National Public Radio
Often the major problem is that the governments aren't enforcing the labor laws and the safety standards and regulations that they've actually agreed to and the international agreements they've signed up to.
The idea is that these metrics can complement [measures such as GDP]…and they often tell us very different things. [Well-being data] give you a wider choice set when you're making a policy decision. April 10, 2013, Carol Graham, Wall Street Journal
The idea is that these metrics can complement [measures such as GDP]…and they often tell us very different things. [Well-being data] give you a wider choice set when you're making a policy decision.
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