One Percent for the Kids : New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sawhill, Isabel V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Overheidsbeleid.
Overheidsuitgaven.
Kansarmen.
Kinderen.
Children > Social conditions.
Children > Services for.
Child welfare.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Enfants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Enfants > Services > États-Unis.
Children > United States > Social conditions.
Children > Services for > United States.
Child welfare > United States.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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