Canadian Social Research Newsletter
February 28, 2010
Welcome to the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter,
a listing of the new links added to the Canadian Social Research
Links website in the past week.
The e-mail version of this week's
issue of the newsletter is going out to 2,229 subscribers.
Haiti Earthquake
(Canadian Red Cross)
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support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
Please give what you can.
* Donate
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* Other
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Source:
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian content
Have a great week!
Gilles
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Gilles Séguin
Canadian Social Research Links
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net
| 1. The Recession
Continues -
February 24 (John Stapleton in The Mark) |
The Recession Continues
Economists measure economic recovery using statistics
that ignore the reality faced by the majority of the population.
February 24, 2010
By John Stapleton
"... for everyone who is not an economist (or a journalist who reports
the findings of economists), a recessionary period is generally defined
as “bad times,” meaning lower living standards, unemployment, lower
spending, and lack of opportunity. And as the present recession proves,
the economy can grow while the lives of the great majority of people
who inhabit the economy do not improve at all."
Source:
The Mark
The Mark is founded on the idea that thousands of credible Canadians
have important things to say but cannot reach a national audience.
(...) The Mark will be their platform. At its core The Mark is a
national movement to record Canadian ideas and propel the people behind
them. It is a collection of thoughts and a tool for facilitating
interdisciplinary dialogue and debate between outstanding Canadians.
Related link:
Open
Policy - John Stapleton's personal
website
John is a Policy Fellow with the Metcalf Foundation and
St. Christopher House in Toronto.
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
| 2. The Fiscal Monitor
for December 2009 - February
26 (Department of Finance Canada) |
Release of The Fiscal Monitor for December 2009
February 26, 2010
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today released The
Fiscal Monitor for December 2009.
Highlights:
December 2009: budgetary deficit of $3.1 billion
April to December 2009: budgetary deficit of $39.4 billion
Related document:
* The
Fiscal Monitor for December 2009
[ earlier issues of The Fiscal Monitor ]
Source:
Department of Finance Canada
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Agriculture to Finance) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk.htm
| 3. Party on, Garth!! The Olympics and the Downtown Eastside (Vancouver) - February 24, 25 |
Heading
to the Downtown Eastside for the swankiest party of the Games
Bob Rennie’s bash drew Iggy, Olympians, and protesters
by Anne Kingston
February 25, 2010
Is Bob Rennie trying to save Vancouver's Downtown Eastside or to
gentrify it?
Source:
Macleans magazine
Sort-of-related link - another kind of party, like an allegory:
A Party
of Olympian Proportions
February 24, 2010
Imagine Vancouver like this GIANT apartment building, y'see...
Source:
Vancouver Media Co-op
"Local Independent News"
- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British Columbia (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk3.htm
| 4.
Fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration - March 1-12 (United Nations Commission on the Status of Women) |
From
WomenWatch (United Nations):
Beijing
+15
Fifteen-year review of the implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the
outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
(2000)
March 1-12, 201
New York
In March 2010, the United
Nations Commission on the Status of Women will undertake a
fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly. Emphasis will be placed on the sharing
of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining
obstacles and new challenges, including those related to the Millennium
Development Goals. Member States, representatives of non-governmental
organizations and of UN entities will participate in the session. A
series of parallel events will provide additional opportunities for
information exchange and networking.
Also from WomenWatch:
Online
discussions on the Critical Areas of Concern
The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality invites you to
participate in online discussions on the Critical Areas of Concern as a
contribution to the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action at the 54th session of the Commission on the Status
of Women from 1-12 March, 2010. (...) The online discussions provide a
forum for individuals, groups and networks not able to attend the
Commission on the Status of Women to contribute to the review.
The
Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action
Beijing, China
September 1995
Action for Equality, Development and Peace
Source:
WomenWatch
WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the
promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout
the United Nations system.
---
From the
Canadian Feminist
Alliance for International Action (FAFIA):
Reality
Check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action Fifteen Years On, a Canadian Civil Society
Response (PDF - 314K, 40 pages)
February 22, 2010
Table of contents:
Part One: Overall Achievements and Obstacles
Part Two: Critical Areas of Concern:
* Women and Poverty * Women and Education and Training * Violence
Against Women * Women and Armed Conflict * Women and the Economy *
Women And Politics * Women and the Environment * The Girl-Child
Part Three: Gender Architecture in Canada
Part Four: Key Challenges and Plans for the Future
No
Action: No Progress (PDF - 1MB, 27 pages)
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations
made by
the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women in 2008
February 2010
Source:
Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action (FAFIA)
The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action is a dynamic
coalition of over 75 Canadian women’s equality-seeking and related
organizations. FAFIA’s mandate is to further women’s equality in Canada
through domestic implementation of its’ international human rights
commitments.
- Go to the the Canadian Non-Governmental
Sites about Women's Social Issues page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womencanngo.htm
- Go to the Links to International Sites about Women's Social Issues
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womeninternat.htm
| 5. Federal funding for child welfare portal website to end in March - February 25 |
February 25, 2010
News from the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare:
NOTE:
I received this by email but I can't find the same information on the
Centre's website, so I'm copying the entire message below.
Gilles
---
Public Health Agency Funding Ending – Research Portal Focus of Future
CECW Work
The Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) is pleased to
announce that its major communications network, the Canadian Child
Welfare Research Portal, will be a primary focus of our future
activities (www.cwrp.ca). This portal will showcase the work of
Canadian child welfare researchers, provide a wealth of information
about child welfare across Canada, and will identify policy and
research needs for child welfare in Canada and beyond.
The emphasis on the Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal comes at a
time of transition for the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare. The
CECW will complete its mandate in March 2010 as part of the Centres of
Excellence for Children's Well-Being, which has been generously funded
by the Public
Health Agency of Canada and Health
Canada since 2000. The ending of PHAC's funding cycle for the
Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being Program will leave a
serious gap in Canada's voice to create a national child welfare
research agenda and to collaborate closely on policy and practice
development. For this reason, the CECW's directors and sponsoring
organizations are committed to continuing their collaboration and
expanding their networking with partnerships that have developed over
that past 10 years. In doing so, we will place particular stress on
using our own energies and seeking support from the federal government
and elsewhere to further a national research agenda in child welfare
for Canada.
We look forward, as individuals and organizations, to continuing our
efforts to promote excellence in child welfare research, policy and
practice.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Regehr, CECW Executive Director, University
of Toronto
Cindy Blackstock, CECW Co-Director, First Nations Child & Family
Caring Society of Canada
Claire Chamberland, CECW Co-Director, Université de
Montréal
Peter Dudding, CECW Co-Director, Child Welfare League of Canada
Aron Shlonsky, CECW Co-Director, University of Toronto
Nico Trocmé, CECW Scientific Director, McGill University
Please feel free to distribute this enewsletter broadly within your organization.
For more information:
info@cecw-cepb.ca
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare*
http://www.cecw-cepb.ca/
Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal*
http://www.cwrp.ca/
_________________________
* NOTE: The two links above take you to the same
website.
The "Centre" link is to the current location of the site, and
the "Portal"link is to the location of the site once it is liberated
from the shackles of federal government funding.
_________________________
Personal Endorsement:
Whether you call it the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare or
the Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal, this is *the* website to
visit for information about child welfare / child protection / child
and family services (different names for similar services). Here,
you'll find large collections of resources on these types of programs
for each province and territory. The site also includes extensive
resources in the areas of : * Child Abuse & Neglect * Intervention
& Prevention * Families & Communities * Children & Youth in
Care * Aboriginal Child Welfare * Policy & Legislation * Provinces
& Territories.
I highly recommend this site, and I think it sucks
that neither Public Health Agency of Canada nor Health Canada can find
the funds to continue this valuable information service. My best wishes
to all who are involved with the Canadian Child
Welfare Research Portal --- and I'll definitely keep referring
visitors to their impressive collection of online resources.
Gilles
- Go to the Children, Families
and Youth Links (NGO) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnngo.htm
| 6. [New Brunswick]
Economic and Social Inclusion Act introduced - February 19 (New Brunswick Social Development) |
Economic and Social Inclusion Act introduced
News Release
Feb. 19, 2010
FREDERICTON (CNB) - Legislation introduced today will implement the
province's poverty reduction plan and ensure the delivery of poverty
initiatives at the community level. Social Development Minister Kelly
Lamrock introduced the Economic and Social Inclusion Act in the
legislative assembly.
The Legislation:
BILL 39,
2010:
The Economic and Social Inclusion Act
The Economic and Social Inclusion Act will serve as the legislative
framework to implement New Brunswick's poverty reduction plan (see "The
Plan", below).
(...) Specifically, the act will:
* establish the New Brunswick Economic and
Social Inclusion Corporation, a Crown corporation to monitor and
advance the plan;
* provide for the establishment of community inclusion networks; and
* provide for the establishment of a co-ordination unit to provide
support for the board and the community inclusion networks.
The Plan:
Overcoming
Poverty Together:
The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan (PDF -
100K, 5 pages)
November 13, 2009
By 2015, New Brunswick will have reduced income poverty by 25% and deep
income poverty by 50%, and will have made significant progress in
achieving sustained economic and social inclusion
Source:
New Brunswick Social
Development
Related links:
New Brunswick introduces its
poverty reduction legislation:
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/960470
Moves to revamp Social Assistance in that
province by July 2011, with some immediate changes:
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/958063
And NB sets up a new Crown Corp to oversee
poverty reduction:
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/960314
[Thanks to Jennefer Laidley of the Income Security Advocacy Centre for these media links.]
---
First-ever
poverty reduction plan adopted:
The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan
November 2009
Background information on the NB government poverty reduction plan
---
Also from New Brunswick Social Development:
Changes to
Household Income policy introduced
February 17, 2010
FREDERICTON (CNB) - The provincial government is improving the
Household Income Policy for Department of Social Development clients.
Kelly Lamrock, minister of social development, made the announcement
today. (...) The new policy, which only applies to clients who were in
receipt of assistance as of Jan. 1, represents a $5-million investment
this fiscal year. It is an interim measure that will help current
clients economically until Social Assistance Reform, including an
important and significant overhaul of the Household Income Policy, is
complete in mid-2011.
Related links:
Social
assistance clients can have roommates: Minister Lamrock
February 17, 2010
The New Brunswick government has stopped penalizing social assistance
recipients who have roommates. It has eliminated a decades-old policy
that clawed back the benefits of low-income clients who live with
someone else to pool their financial resources, Social Development
Minister Kelly Lamrock announced Wednesday.
Source:
CBC New Brunswick
The
working poor's best hope
New Brunswick may well provide the bold
leadership in social policy that this country so urgently requires
By Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson
February 26, 2010
(...) As Ottawa continues to bury its head in the snow, the initiative
for tackling the long-lamented scourge of poverty has shifted to the
provinces. Quebec and Newfoundland were first out of the gate with
provincial poverty-reduction plans; several other provinces have been
introducing their own campaigns. The way to break down the welfare wall
is to extend income supports and services traditionally reserved for
those on welfare to the working poor – Canada's forgotten poor. New
Brunswick, which is taking important steps to do exactly this in its
ambitious reform, may well provide the bold leadership in social policy
that this country so urgently requires.
Source:
The Globe and Mail
Related link:
Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
[The co-authors of this article are president, vice-president and
senior scholar, respectively, of the Caledon Institute of Social
Policy.]
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy does rigorous, high-quality
research and analysis; seeks to inform and influence public opinion and
to foster public discussion on poverty and social policy; and develops
and promotes concrete, practicable proposals for the reform of social
programs at all levels of government and of social benefits provided by
employers and the voluntary sector.
- Go to the Provincial and Territorial
Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
| 7. [Yukon] Social Inclusion Strategy to
Address Poverty Issues - Oct. 2009 (Yukon Health and Social Services) |
Yukon
Social Inclusion
Strategy to Address Poverty Issues
News Release
October 14, 2009
WHITEHORSE – Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart announced
today the development of a social inclusion strategy for the territory.
“A social inclusion strategy is a significant advancement in social
policy in Yukon. Social inclusion ensures that services target those in
need and are accessible for all members of society,” Hart said. “Social
inclusion is a measure of any government on how it deals with those
citizens in need of support.”
(...) There will be four phases in developing the strategy:
• Creating a collaborative process.
• Collecting data and consulting.
• Developing a strategy to address priorities from the data and
consultations.
• Reviewing and reporting annually.
Source:
Yukon Health and Social Services
---
Social
Assistance Recipients Now Receiving Increased Food Allowance
February 6, 2009
WHITEHORSE – Social assistance recipients received an increase in their
food allowance in January 2009, announced Health and Social Services
Minister Glenn Hart. (...) The food portion of the standard benefit
increased to $232 a month for a single person, $442 for a family of two
and $633 for a family of three. These amounts reflect increases of 15
per cent, 10 per cent and five per cent, respectively
[ more Yukon news releases about social assistance ]
- Go to the Provincial and Territorial
Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
- Go to the Key
Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm
- Go to the Yukon Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/yk.htm
|
8. Bab.la --- "where language lovers can meet" (translation/language tools) |
Bab.la
- incl. FR/ EN and EN/FR translations, of course et bien sûr!
The bab.la language portal offers you dictionary translations, language
quizzes & games, vocabulary lessons for learning and much more.
bab.la is interactive: You can enter your own translation, create your
own language test or your own vocabulary flashcard set. Bab.la is a
language project - "a portal where language lovers can meet and
exchange their ideas and learn languages from each other."
- incl. links to 25 bilingual dictionaries and millions of
translations, including pronunciation, sample sentences and many
additional features (word games, anyone?).
- Go to the Reference Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/reference.htm
|
9. What's New in The Daily
[Statistics Canada]: |
Selected content from
The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
February 25, 2010
Education
Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
The February 2010 issue of Education
Matters: Insights
on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains two articles:
[Click the above link for summaries of the articles; click below for
the actual articles.]
* Trends
in the trades: Registered apprenticeship total registrations,
completions and certification, 1991 to 2007
* Changes
in participation in adult education and training, 2002 and 2008
Bonus in this issue:
Pan-Canadian
Education Indicators Program (PCEIP)
New Tables and Charts (February 2010)
[ earlier issues of this report ]
Related subjects
o Education,
training and learning
o Fields
of study
o Outcomes
of education
o Students
---
February 25, 2010
Payroll
employment, earnings and hours, December 2009
Non-farm payroll employment increased by 22,000 in December compared
with the previous month. This represented the fourth consecutive month
of modest gains.
- incl. links to two tables:
* Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
* Number of employees
[ Related link: Employment, Earnings and Hours - click "View" to see the latest issue]
Related subjects:
o Labour
o Employment
and unemployment
o Hours
of work and work arrangements
o Industries
o Wages,
salaries and other earnings
o Non-wage
benefits
---
February 24, 2010
Study:
Employer top-ups to paid maternity and parental leave, 2008
In 2008, one in five mothers (more than 51,000) who received maternity
or parental benefits from either the federal Employment Insurance (EI)
or Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) also collected top-up payments
from their employers. This proportion has remained stable over the past
decade.
February 24, 2010
Study:
Immigrants working in regulated occupations, 2006
Immigrants who studied outside Canada for a regulated occupation were
less likely to be working in that occupation in 2006 than both
immigrants who had studied in Canada and persons who were born in
Canada.
Source:
Perspectives
on Labour and Income
[ earlier
issues of this report ]
Related subjects
*
Ethnic diversity and immigration
*
Immigrants and non-permanent residents
* Labour
market and income
* Labour
* Occupations
---
February 23, 2010
Deaths,
2007
Life expectancy at birth in Canada reached 80.7 years for the
three-year period between 2005 and 2007, up from the average of 80.5
between 2004 and 2006, and 78.4 a decade earlier between 1995 and 1997.
- includes links to the following tables:
* Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex, Canada
* Number of deaths by province and territory
* Standardized death rates by province and territory, 2007
[ Related
report : Deaths 2007 ]
[ earlier
issues of this report ]
---------------------------------
The
Daily Archives
- select a month and click on a date for that day's Daily
Source:
The Daily
[Statistics
Canada]
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
|
10. What's
new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February
28
|
What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
February 28, 2010
What's new online
This section archives documents that have been featured on the CRRU
homepage. Items are in chronological order by posting date from the most
recent to the least recent. Follow the title link for details.
Preschool
Matters January/February 2010
24 Feb 10
- Latest issue of the National Institute for Early Education Research's
magazine: W. Steven Barnett on why targeted programs get it wrong.
Preschoolers
enrolled and mothers at work? The effects of universal pre-kindergarten
24 Feb 10
- Report from the US Census Bureau for Economic Studies investigates
the introduction of universal pre-K in three US states and its effect
on children's enrollment and mother labour force participation.
Proposed
regulatory amendments to the Day Nurseries Act
24 Feb 10
- Consultation document from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth
Services proposes changes to Ontario child care regulations, including
age grouping, group sizes and ratios.
Alert
- proposed changes to the Day Nurseries Act
24 Feb 10
- Response from the Association and Early Childhood Educators Ontario
and the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care to the Ontario
government's proposed changes to the Day Nurseries Act.
child care in the news
· Zerbisias:
Canada's standing nosedives in annual gender gap ranking
[CA] 24 Feb 10
· What
does the UCCB have to show for itself after four years?
[CA] 24 Feb 10
· Parents,
unions protest plan to close dozens of schools
[CA-ON] 23 Feb 10
· Don't
let child care suffer because of full-day kindergarten
[CA-ON] 22 Feb 10
· Forty
years later the Royal Commission on the Status of Women still
reverberates
[CA] 22 Feb 10
·
From worst to first: A call for better child care
[CA] 12 Feb 10
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Sign up to receive email notices of updates and new postings on
the CRRU website which will inform you of policy developments in early
childhood care and education, new research and resources for policy,
newly released CRRU publications, and upcoming events of interest to
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Links to child
care
sitesin Canada and elsewhere
CRRU Publications
- briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other publications
ISSUE files
- theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links to
further info
Source:
Childcare Resource and
Research Unit (CRRU)
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) is a policy and
research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood education
and child care (ECEC) and family policy in Canada and internationally.
- Go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm
|
11. Poverty
Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
(Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Poverty Dispatch
(U.S.)
- the content of this link changes several times a week
- scan of U.S. web-based news items dealing with topics such as
poverty, welfare reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger,
Medicare and Medicaid, etc.
Latest issues of Poverty Dispatch:
February 26:
Extension of Jobless Benefits
Child Poverty - South Africa
Justice Department Indigent Defense Program
Opinion: Income Inequality
[No Dispatch February 25.]
February 24:
Poverty Rate - Madison, WI
Teenage Pregnancy Rate - England
February 23:
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Extension of Jobless Benefits
States and Children’s Dental Care
February 22:
Recession and Long-Term Unemployment
Economic Stimulus and State TANF Programs
Health Insurance Coverage - Kentucky
---
Past
Poverty Dispatches
- links to dispatches back to June 2006
---
To subscribe to this email list, send an email to:
povdispatch-request@ssc.wisc.edu?subject=subscribe
---
Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty
(IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]
- Go to the Links to American
Government Social Research page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (A-J)
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us2.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (M-Z)
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm
- Go to the Poverty Measures - International Resources page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty2.htm
| 12. A stronger, fairer Australia (Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social inclusion) - February 19 |
A stronger, fairer Australia (PDF - 3.7MB, 92 pages)
19 February 2010
Launched on 28 January 2010, A Stronger, Fairer Australia
sets out the Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social
inclusion, now and into the future. Social Inclusion means ensuring no
Australian is left behind by giving all the opportunities, resources,
capabilities and responsibilities to learn, work, connect with others
and have a say in community life. The statement sets out a new approach
to break down the barriers that stand between the most disadvantaged
Australians and participation. Despite a strong economy in recent
years, disadvantage still prevents many Australians from getting a fair
go.
Source:
Social
Inclusion
[ Australian Government ]
- Go to the National/Federal and International
Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty2.htm
- Go to the Government Social Research Links in Other Countries page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internat.htm
|
13.
Australian Policy Online - recent content
|
Australian
Policy Online (APO)
APO is a news service and library specialising in Australian public
policy reports and articles from academic research centres, think
tanks, government and non-government organisations. The site features
opinion and commentary pieces, video, audio and web resources focussed
on the policy issues facing Australia. [ About APO ]
NOTE : includes links to the latest APO research; the five most popular
downloads of the week
appear in a dark box in the top right-hand corner of each page, and the
downloads vary depending on the topic you select.
-------------------------------------------------------
New Research : Social
Policy | Poverty
- topics include:
* Community * Cultural diversity * Families & households * Gender
& sexuality * Immigration & refugees * Population * Poverty *
Religion & faith * Social problems * Welfare * Youth
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
|
14.
World Bank PovertyNet Newsletter #132, February 2010
|
World
Bank PovertyNet Newsletter #132
February 2010
This newsletter provides an update of new resources about understanding
and alleviating poverty available from PovertyNet,
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty, and other websites.
In this issue:
1. Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance,
and Growth
2. World Bank Group Launches Online Consultations on Future Energy
Strategy
3. "Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data: The Case
of Turkey," by Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jérémie Gignoux,
and Meltem Aran
4. "To What Extent are Bangladesh's Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction
Different from the Past?" by Aphichoke Kotikula, Ambar Narayan and
Hassan Zaman
5. "The Short-Term Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty in Uganda,"
by Kenneth Simler
6. Food Price Watch (February 2010)
7. "The Impact of Economic Shocks on Global Undernourishment," by
Sailesh Tiwari and Hassan Zaman
8. "The Impact of Roads on Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of
Cameroon," by Marie Gachassin, Boris Najman and Gaël Raballand
9. Has South Asia Escaped the Worst Effects of the Global Economic
Crisis?
10. Exciting New Impact Study on Rwanda's Pay for Performance in Health
11. World Bank President Says African Poor Still Vulnerable to Crisis,
Important to Create Basis for Future Growth
[Subscribe to receive this newsletter by email.]
[ earlier issues of this newsletter ]
Source:
PovertyNet (World Bank)
- Go to the Government Social Research Links in Other Countries page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internat.htm
|
15. CRINMAIL
(Child Rights Information Network - CRIN) |
From the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Latest issue of CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter):
25
February 2010 - CRINMAIL 1151
* COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Call for Consultation of Children on Guidelines
for Child-Friendly Justice [news]
* EL SALVADOR: President Funes vetoes 15-year sentences for minors
[news]
* GLOBAL: Learn without fear - the global campaign to end violence in
schools [publication]
* ELECTIONS: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [call
for action]
* JAMAICA: Young offenders caught up in adult system [news]
* NEW ZEALAND: This is how I see it - Children, young people and young
adults' views and experiences of poverty [publication]
* CHILD RIGHTS: Policy briefings [publications]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
23
February 2010 - CRINMAIL 1150
* YEMEN: The Situation of Children in Armed Conflict [publication]
* AFRICA: Session 15 of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights
and Welfare of the Child [event]
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And, in closing...
----------------------------Teabaggers Finally
Google 'Teabag'
February 14, 2010
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - One week after their first national
convention, the self-styled Teabaggers are facing an identity crisis
after one of their members finally Googled the slang term “teabag.”
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Gilles' two cents' worth:
Boua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Back in 2000, it took the fledgling Canadian Conservative
Reform Alliance ("CCRA") only 24 hours to realize that
when the word "Party" was added to the name, their acronym would be the
butt (pun intentional) of jokes for years to come.
One day after its founding convention, the party changed its name
again, to Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. (Source: CBC)
Since that fateful day in 2000, every time there's a name change for
any federal department or other asset, the proposed name must be
pre-approved at the highest levels.
The group that oversees the project is the Strategic Taskforce
Investigating Location and Licensing of Canadian Resources and
Attractive Properties.
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