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One percent for the kids : new policies, brighter futures for America's children /

This volume argues that the life prospects of children can be improved substantially by reallocating one per cent of the gross domestic product to children's programmes. Each chapter contains a specific proposal for change, as well as information about the rationale and cost of the initiative.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sawhill, Isabel V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Promoting the healthy development of young children / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson
  • When work alone is not enough / Robert Haveman
  • Preventing early childbearing / Andrea Kane and Isabel V. Sawhill
  • Strengthening fragile families / Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan
  • Family policy and academic achievement / David J. Armor
  • Providing universal preschool for four-year-olds / Barbara Wolfe and Scott Scrivner
  • Improving neighborhoods for poor children / Jens Ludwig
  • The Blair government and child poverty : an extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom / John Hills.