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IMF Conditionality and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Poor in Developing Countries
(2008)
The policies that countries agree to follow as a condition for borrowing from the IMF have a profound impact on economic and social rights safeguarded by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...
The Asthma Epidemic: Decreasing Incidence and Increasing Resiliency among Low-Income Children
(2008)
My sister is an asthmatic. . . .
While my sister’s illness was a tremendous burden, she was also fortunate. She benefited from supportive parents, excellent health care, limited allergen exposure, and a pollution-free ...
The High School Dropout Crisis
(2008)
Over the past 4 decades, the U.S. economy has transformed into a globally competitive market which places a premium on knowledge and education, where the high school diploma is now “an increasingly important prerequisite ...
International Measurements of Womens Poverty and Capability Approach
(2008)
This paper attempts to evaluate international poverty measurements using the capability approach developed by Nobel Prize winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. Capabilities measurements of poverty are better suited ...
Partiality as Justice: a Critique of Thomas Pogge's World Poverty and Human Rights
(2009)
. . . I find the priority and emphasis Pogge gives to negative obligations in formulating our moral obligation to alleviate poverty to be troubling. In Pogge's work, positive obligations based on justice can only arise ...
Work for the Disabled: Federal and Local Initiatives
(2008)
The goal of this paper is to examine federal policies towards disabled citizens and specifically the incentives provided to push disabled Americans towards work. This examination will include several case studies and a ...
[HIV treatment and prevention for indigent patients]
(2009)
Over the last ten years, advances in HIV treatment and better prevention programs have greatly slowed the rate of deaths for infected people; however, these advances have not been made widely available. This paper looks ...
Complexity, Regressivity, and Income Disparity: Self-defeating Aspects of the Earned Income Tax Credit
(2005)
Unfortunately, the EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] has failed to live up to its promise. The complexity inherent in the current version of the Credit has, to a certain extent, actually decreased true progressivity in ...
Apartheid Resurrected: How American Incarceration Policies Wage War On Poor African American Communities
(2005)
Clearly, determinate sentencing policies which are disproportionate in their application, resulting in increased incarceration of a specific minority group, fail to fulfill the objectives of a fair and just criminal justice ...
Analyzing the Underclass: American Values, Normative Functions, and Implications for Research and Policy
(2005)
Values, norms, morals, and ideologies impact nearly every aspect of American life. Importantly, the established, hegemonic principles that actively shape our perceptions of the world around us also inform our actions and ...