Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, August 12, 2013: “Even as most crime rates decline, we need to examine new law enforcement strategies – and better allocate resources – to keep pace with today’s continuing threats as violence spikes in some of our… Continue Reading
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UN 2013 Human Development Report
“The 2013 Human Development Report – “The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World” – examines the profound shift in global dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world and its long-term implications for human development. China has already overtaken Japan as the worlds second biggest economy while lifting… Continue Reading
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children Aged 3‒19 Years
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children Aged 3‒19 Years With and Without Asthma in the United States, 1999‒2010 – Number 126, August 2013 Key findings – Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999‒2010 “From 1999 to 2010, the percentage of children without asthma exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) decreased from 57.3%… Continue Reading
What Families Need to Get By
The 2013 Update of EPI’s Family Budget Calculator By Elise Gould, Hilary Wething, Natalie Sabadish, and Nicholas Finio | July 3, 2013 “The income level necessary for families to secure an adequate but modest living standard is an important economic yardstick. While poverty thresholds, generally set at the national level, help to evaluate what it takes for families to live free… Continue Reading
Toward a sustainable energy future for all
Toward a sustainable energy future for all: directions for the World Bank Groups energy sector “As global energy markets evolve rapidly, producing and maintaining a reliable power supply for many countries in the developing world remains a significant issue. The World Bank Group will approach this energy crisis in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable… Continue Reading
Report – Financial Security of Elderly Americans at Risk
Majority of elderly blacks and Hispanics are on the cusp of poverty, a new EPI report finds – June 6, 2013 “The majority of elderly blacks and Hispanics are economically vulnerable, at 63.5 percent and 70.1, respectively, a new Economic Policy Institute briefing paper finds. In Financial security of elderly Americans at risk: Proposed changes to… Continue Reading
Growing Green – The Economic Benefits of Climate Action
World Bank – “The three new reports identify the local and immediate benefits of climate action. They identify what countries in Europe and Central Asia should be doing, and how they can best do it: Growing Green: the Economic Benefits of Climate Action identifies energy efficiency, cleaner energy, and natural resource management as the main… Continue Reading
Post Recession, LGB Americans Are More Likely to be Poor than Heterosexual Americans
New Patterns of Poverty in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community, By M.V. Lee Badgett, Laura E. Durso, Alyssa Schneebaum, June 2013: “As poverty rates for nearly all populations increased during the recession, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Americans remained more likely to be poor than heterosexual people. Gender, race, education and geography all influence poverty rates… Continue Reading
World Bank – What Climate Change Means for Africa, Asia and the Coastal Poor
Turn down the heat : climate extremes, regional impacts, and the case for resilience – full report “This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, this… Continue Reading
Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies
News release: “The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the availability of the 2013 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies where revitalization or stabilization activities will receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration as “community development.” “Distressed nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies” and “underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies” are designated by the agencies in accordance… Continue Reading
Kaiser – Health Insurance Subsidy Calculator
Health Insurance Subsidy Calculator – Estimate impact based on income, family size, age, and tobacco usage “This tool illustrates health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in new health insurance exchanges (or Marketplaces) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning in October 2013, middle-income people under age 65, who… Continue Reading
World Report on Child Labour
World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour – How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown? [30 April 2013] “This new report is the first in a series to be published annually by the ILOs International Programme on the… Continue Reading
