UN: Reform of the Committee on World Food Security – Final Version “The rise in food prices in 2007-08, followed by the financial and economic crisis in 2009, has highlighted the unacceptable levels of structural poverty and hunger around the world. The food and financial crisis threatens global food security and nutrition and the achievement… Continue Reading
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Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis
The National Coalition for the Homeless, Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis. A joint report from the National Coalition for the Homeless,the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Law Center… Continue Reading
Men's and Women's Earnings by State: 2008 American Community Survey
Mens and Womens Earnings by State: 2008 American Community Survey, American Community Survey Reports, issued September 2009: “This report is one of a series produced to highlight results from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS). The report series is designed to cover a variety of economic topics, such as poverty, occupation, home values, and labor… Continue Reading
"Why Women's Rights Are The Cause of Our Time"
New York Times Special Issue: How changing the lives of women and girls in the developing world can change everything “..if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance, in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater…in a large slice of the world, girls are uneducated… Continue Reading
ProPublica: How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?
How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County? by Michael Grabell, Jennifer LaFleur, Dan Nguyen, and Jeff Larson: “Want to know whats going on with the stimulus in your area? ProPublica has compiled nearly all the contracts, grants and loans that the government has reported awarding so far in the stimulus program. Type in… Continue Reading
CBO: Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets
Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets, July 13, 2009 “In the United States, health insurance coverage is linked to employment in ways that can affect both wages and the demand for certain types of workers. That close linkage can also affect peoples decisions to enter the labor force, to work… Continue Reading
Executive Order: Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers
Executive Order: Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, June 23, 2009 – “Over the last decade, the United States has experienced a decline in employment in the auto industry and among part suppliers. This decline has accelerated dramatically over the past year, with more than 400,000 jobs being lost in the… Continue Reading
World Bank: Global Development Finance 2009
The World Bank: Global Development Finance 2009 – Charting a Global Recovery: “Developing countries are expected to grow by only 1.2% this year, after 8.1% growth in 2007 and 5.9% growth in 2008. When China and India are excluded, GDP in the remaining developing countries is projected to fall by 1.6%, causing continued job losses… Continue Reading
Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administration's Policies in Europe
Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administration’s Policies in Europe, Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Statement before the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, DC, June 16, 2009 “Many of our European partners are among the most prosperous, democratic, and militarily capable… Continue Reading
National Geographic: The Global Food Crisis, The End of Plenty
The Global Food Crisis, The End of Plenty – by Joel K. Bourne Jr. “It is the simplest, most natural of acts, akin to breathing and walking upright. We sit down at the dinner table, pick up a fork, and take a juicy bite, oblivious to the double helping of global ramifications on our plate.… Continue Reading
World Bank – Global Monitoring Report 2009
Global Monitoring Report 2009: “The global financial crisis is imperiling attainment of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and creating an emergency for development, warned an IMF-World Bank report released today. Most of the eight globally agreed goals are unlikely to be met, including those related to hunger, child and maternal mortality, education, and progress… Continue Reading
World Bank Group Launches Multi-Billion Infrastructure Initiatives to Help Developing Countries Weather Crisis
News release: “World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today launched two multi-billion infrastructure investment initiatives to help developing countries withstand the global financial and economic crisis. The World Banks Infrastructure Recovery and Assets (INFRA) platform and the Infrastructure Crisis Facility (ICF), set-up by IFC, the World Bank Groups member focused on private sector investments,… Continue Reading
