WebIndexReport 2014-15 “Growing inequality is one of the defining challenges of our time. What role can the World Wide Web play in tackling it? Seven out of 10 people live in countries where the gap between rich and poor is greater than it was 30 years ago, according to Oxfam research. In some countries these disparities… Continue Reading
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Older Americans With a Disability: 2008−2012
Older Americans With a Disability: 2008−2012 – American Community Survey Reports “Disability, as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act, is an individual’s physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of that individual.1Studies consistently find that disability rates rise with age (Altman and Bernstein, 2008; Brault, 2012). Beyond age 65, the oldest old (aged 85 and over) are at highest… Continue Reading
Payday Loans: Time for Review
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “Beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, storefront payday loan businesses began to spring up across the country and quickly became commonplace. Today, there are approximately 20,000 storefront lenders, an average of 6.3 payday stores for every 100,000 people. By comparison, in 2012, there were 14,157 McDonald’s restaurants in the United States. Additionally,… Continue Reading
Outlook on the Global Agenda 2015
“The World Economic Forum’s Outlook on the Global Agenda 2015 features an analysis of the Top 10 trends which will preoccupy our experts for the next 12-18 months as well as the key challenges facing the world’s regions, an overview of global leadership and governance, and the emerging issues that will define our future.” Deepening income… Continue Reading
Oxfam’s new report on global inequalty
“From Ghana to Germany, South Africa to Spain, the gap between rich and poor is rapidly increasing, and economic inequality has reached extreme levels. In South Africa, inequality is greater today than at the end of Apartheid.The consequences are corrosive for everyone. Extreme inequality corrupts politics, hinders economic growth and stifles social mobility. It fuels crime… Continue Reading
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being 2009-2012
Survey of Income and Program Participation: Dynamics of Economic Well-Being 2009-2012 Detailed Tables Release Number: CB14-TPS.82: “This table package traces a sample of U.S. residents and examines how many of them were poor during at least some portion of the four-year period as well as how long their poverty spells lasted. It also looks at how many… Continue Reading
IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Blue Book 2014
Danilenko, Alexander; van den Berg, Caroline; Macheve, Berta; Moffitt, L. Joe. 2014. The IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Blue Book 2014 : The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities Databook. World Bank Group, Washington, DC. © World Bank. “Well-run water utilities play an important role in ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Consumers… Continue Reading
OECD Regional Outlook 2014 Regions and Cities: Where Policies and People Meet
“Living standards continue to diverge within many economically advanced countries as poorer regions struggle to catch up with richer ones. Half of the 34 OECD countries have seen the income gap between their best-off and worst-off regions widen since the 2008 crisis, according to new OECD research. The OECD Regional Outlook 2014 shows that in 10 OECD countries,… Continue Reading
Food Price Crisis Observatory
World Bank: “How do we know if and when a food price spike will become a full-fledged crisis? How do we prepare for such situations? The Food Price Crisis Observatory is an interactive information platform for policymakers, civil society and global organizations, the private sector and anyone else interested in identifying multi-country food crises as… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – How to read e-books on a $20 cell phone: Tips for the cash-strapped and plain adventurous
Via LLRX.com – How to read e-books on a $20 cell phone: Tips for the cash-strapped and plain adventurous: The LG Optimus Dynamic Android Phone, aka the LG 38c or the LGL38C, is a smartphone that David Rothman bought new on Amazon for $20, excluding shipping. Rothman calls out the importance of this device in relationship to its… Continue Reading
The New Climate Economy Report 2014
Better Growth Better Economy – The New Climate Economy – The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate – The Synthesis Report “All over the world, people want to achieve better lives for themselves and for their children. Governments want to secure economic growth, improve living standards, create jobs and reduce poverty. Businesses want to expand and become… Continue Reading
World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage
“Everyone should have access to the health services they need without being forced into poverty when paying for them. The World health report 2013 “Research for universal health coverage” argues that universal health coverage – with full access to high-quality services for prevention, treatment and financial risk protection – cannot be achieved without the evidence… Continue Reading
