Impoverished Populations

Gaza Strip

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The Inevitable, Ongoing Failure of Israel's Gaza Strategy
The Hamas attack represented a spectacular failure of Israel's “mowing the grass” strategy in the Gaza Strip. If there's to be any hope of preventing the next war and the one after that, Israel will need to rebuild Gaza into something better than it was.
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Oct 19, 2023
Los Angeles Times
Raphael S. Cohen

Refugees

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Normalizing Assad Won't Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis
As much as Syrian refugees would like to return home eventually and as much as neighboring countries would welcome an end to the challenges of hosting large refugee communities, now is not the right time for mass Syrian refugee repatriation. Regional governments could instead focus on supporting refugees where they are, especially by allowing them to be legal, productive members of local economies.
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Aug 23, 2023
Al-Monitor
Nadia Almasalkhi, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Occupational Training

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Green Jobs and Skills Development for Disadvantaged Groups
Many countries have plans to increase green job opportunities. To make sure that everyone can benefit from this promised green transition, it is important to understand how people with low qualifications, and other marginalised groups, might be able to access green jobs.
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Nov 8, 2022
The RAND Blog
Joanna Hofman @JoannaBHofman, Katrin Feyerabend, et al.
Child Well-Being

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America's Experiment in Remedying Child Poverty
Amid the debate over whether the success of the expanded child tax credit in reducing poverty is worth its large price tag, many are missing a crucial feature: It was uniquely well-designed to address the increasingly precarious economic reality that millions of Americans experience.
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Feb 8, 2022
Bloomberg
Kathryn A. Edwards
Nutrition Policy

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The Biden Administration's Chance to Improve SNAP and Nutrition Support
If policymakers were to make permanent the relaxed rules forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, it could be a start to increased racial equity in SNAP. Given broad public support for SNAP, making benefits easier to access, particularly for those already eligible, could be a bipartisan priority.
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May 19, 2021
The Washington Monthly
Sameer M. Siddiqi
Food Insecurity

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Other Voices: Striking Rates of Food Insecurity in the Hill District and Homewood
The number of Americans experiencing food insecurity has increased since the pandemic began. And rates are higher among African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Alaska Natives. Proactive and aggressive policy actions could help reduce the inequities in places like Pittsburgh's Hill District and Homewood neighborhoods.
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Feb 9, 2021
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel, Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz
Global Climate Change

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Mitigating India's Climate-Change Misery
Despite years of dire forecasts, the international community has been unable to halt the steady climb in global temperatures, and it is the world's poorest who are paying the heaviest toll. As heat-related risks intensify, those living on the margins—in India and elsewhere—will need help to cope effectively.
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Oct 11, 2018
Project Syndicate
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Poverty

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Fighting Poverty with Taxes
As the debate over tax reform continues, finding ways to help the most disadvantaged segment of the population should be considered. Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and outreach to low-income populations could increase incentive to file or promote awareness about benefits and generate positive impacts in the longer term.
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Nov 22, 2017
Council on Economic Policies
Patricia K. Tong
Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

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Exchange Tax Credits or Employer Coverage: What's Better for Low-Income Americans?
As the King v. Burwell case approaches, there's likely to be more discussion about potential modifications to the ACA's tax credit structure. Policymakers might consider whether there are opportunities to level the playing field for low-income workers, regardless of whether their employers offer insurance.
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Feb 12, 2015
The Morning Consult
Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner
Residential Housing

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Community-Driven Development: How the Poor Can Take Charge to Improve Their Housing
Public housing projects have been controversial for decades in countries around the world. But an informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa, could serve as a guide for other countries experimenting with community-driven development, an alternative approach to public housing.
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Sep 19, 2014
The RAND Blog
Julia Pollak

Quoted

The COP decisionmaking process reflects its members' consensus views. And therein lies the problem. The Paris Agreement should have achieved the socially better outcomes of binding emissions control to finance and binding each country to its target of emissions and finance.…That it did not do so was because the coalitions' views prevailed rather than the social good.

Rafiq Dossani

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

Source: United Press International

Women have fought in wars for as long as humans have waged them. Yet that long history has been either lost or purposefully hidden, complicating efforts to expand women's military roles even as we have steadily gained greater equality in other fields.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Association of the U.S. Army

Improving Financial Resilience to Natural Disasters

Using AI to Identify Youth Suicide Risk: What Does the Evidence Say?

America's Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong

Resilient Reconstruction in Ukraine

Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism: Insights from RAND Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Impoverished Populations

The Inevitable, Ongoing Failure of Israel's Gaza Strategy

Normalizing Assad Won't Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Green Jobs and Skills Development for Disadvantaged Groups

America's Experiment in Remedying Child Poverty

The Biden Administration's Chance to Improve SNAP and Nutrition Support

Other Voices: Striking Rates of Food Insecurity in the Hill District and Homewood

Mitigating India's Climate-Change Misery

Fighting Poverty with Taxes

Exchange Tax Credits or Employer Coverage: What's Better for Low-Income Americans?

Community-Driven Development: How the Poor Can Take Charge to Improve Their Housing

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