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Two Perspectives on Poverty: Thomas Pogge and Bill Gates
(2008)
Gates and Pogge suggest different “problems of poverty,” different impediments to the severe reduction of poverty, different reasons for fighting poverty, and different solutions for the severe reduction of poverty. In ...
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in High Schools
(2008)
On one hand, the education gap is a predictor of unimpressive future market and non-market outcomes. On the other hand, low-income and minority citizens are more likely to fall behind their wealthier peers. This creates a ...
Hopeful Diversions: Youth Intervention Programs and their Potential for Preventing Delinquency and Crime
(2008)
Given the seriousness of the problem, it is surprising that most of the money and effort devoted to addressing it has been restricted to a narrow range of remedies with much of the attention on the incarceration of persons ...
An Analysis of the Community Reinvestment Act
(2009)
. . . Unfortunately, because the subprime crisis occurred so recently, there is no definitive study that allows us to deliver a verdict on whether or not the Community Reinvestment Act caused the increase in subprime loans ...
Our Moral Obligation to the Poor: Freedom, Justice, and Duty
(2009)
My research draws upon varying philosophies and moral systems that have significant implications for our duties to both the domestic and the global poor. This methodology resembles that of Thomas Pogge in World Poverty and ...
The Achievement Gap, Proficiency & The Kentucky Education Reform Act
(2008)
This paper will provide an in-depth analysis of the U.S.’s most extensive state education reform, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), and assess its impact on student achievement. In a 1991 Kentucky Office of Education ...
[Welfare Reform Impacts Adolescents]
(2008)
By signing the welfare reform bill, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996, President Clinton changed welfare as we know it. . . . Although the main concern with the bill was ...
Community Health Centers: A Vital and Stable Provider of Health Services to the Poor and Underserved
(2008)
Following an overview of community health centers, including more information about patients served, costs, and services provided, this study will examine the benefits of and threats to the community health center system, ...
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 ...