Grants and Investments: “As of January 2008, Google.org has committed $75.4 million in grants and investments to further our five initiatives.” WSJ: “Valued at about $2 billion, the assets currently set aside for the company’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, make it larger than any in-house corporate foundation in the U.S., according to the Foundation Center, a… Continue Reading
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2007
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: “The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 explores the potential for agriculture to provide enhanced levels of environmental services alongside the production of food and fi bre. The report concludes that demand for environmental services from agriculture – including climate change mitigation, improved watershed management and biodiversity… Continue Reading
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Analysis – Cost of Living Variation Data
What a Family of Four Would Need to Earn in Selected Urban Areas to Have Purchasing Power Equal to 300% of the U.S. Federal Poverty Level ($61,950), 2007. Data is ranked by state (and ranked within group; Lowest Cost Urban Area, Middle Cost Urban Area, Highest Cost Urban Area). Continue Reading
Report on Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
National Alliance to End Homelessness: This report details the number of homeless veterans by state, how housing and lack of housing contributes to the problem, and strategies to prevent and end homelessness for veterans. Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans, November 8, 2007 “In 2006, approximately 195,827 veterans were homeless on a given nightan increase… Continue Reading
UN, Google, Cisco Unveil Online Resource
“The United Nations, Google and Cisco today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Visit the website at www.mdgmonitor.org” Google press release: “MDG Monitor tracks progress toward the MDGs in a number of categories in nearly every… Continue Reading
World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development
“The latest World Development Report calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries and warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized. Titled ‘Agriculture for Development’, the report says the agricultural and rural… Continue Reading
Recently Released CRS Reports
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations, September 29, 2007 Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation, September 27, 2007 Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization, September 27, 2007 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006, September 26, 2007 Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005, September… Continue Reading
Undocumented Immigrants in U.S. – Mexico Border Counties: The costs of law enforcement and criminal justice services
Undocumented Immigrants in U.S. – Mexico Border Counties: The costs of law enforcement and criminal justice services, September 2007. “From 1999 through 2006, the 24 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border spent a cumulative $1.23 billion on services to process criminal undocumented immigrants through the law enforcement and criminal justice system. In fiscal year 2006 alone,… Continue Reading
FAIR Study – The Poor Will Always Be Among Us
Follow up to three recent postings addressing poverty in American and around the world, Interim Statement of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health 2007; Joint Economic Committee: Income Down, Poverty Up Since 2000; Census Bureau Reports Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Declines – see the following report from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR):… Continue Reading
Interim Statement of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health 2007
World Health Organization: “The Interim Statement sets out the Commissions vision and goals, the problems it seeks to ameliorate, and the intellectual foundation for a social determinants approach. In doing so, the Interim Statement is a resource for stakeholders concerned with social determinants of health and health equity, as they build towards a global movement.… Continue Reading
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper on Causes of Civil War
The causes of civil war. Authors: Reynal-Querol, Marta; Djankov, Simeon; June 15, 2007, WPS4254 (33 pages, PDF) Summary: “The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. We instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In our set… Continue Reading
World Bank Developing Country-by-Country Database on Access Laws
Via Toby McIntosh, freedominfo.org: “The World Bank is well on its way to developing a country-by-country database “on various transparency and accountability institutions in developing countries…The new database, which may be posted online in a month or so, will summarize national laws on asset disclosure, conflict of interest, freedom of information, and immunity provisions. The… Continue Reading
