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For Early Childhood Development, the U.S. Should Look South

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny | Posted 04.01.2013 | Latino Voices
Read More: Mexico, Early Childhood Education, Education, Education Reform, Conditional Cash Transfer, Brazil, Latino Voices News
Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

The examples of Mexico and Brazil should teach us the importance of a holistic approach to early development: one that that addresses health and nutrition as well as classroom time.

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Study Analyzes Effect Of NYC-Family Rewards Program On Parents And Their Teenage Children

Posted 10.01.2012 | Home
Read More: New York City Schools, Standardized Test Scores, Video, Poverty, Opportunity Nyc-Family Rewards Program, New York City Poverty, New York Low-Income Families, New York City Family Rewards, Monetary Incentives for Grades, New York Schools, Substance Abuse, Parental Engagement, Low Income Families, Conditional Cash Transfer, War on Poverty, Home News

To get low-income teenagers to spend more time on school work, a new study suggests that schools should pay them. A recent study released by MDRC a...

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Nigeria, SWFs, and the Resource Curse? Two New Papers

Todd Moss | Posted 01.11.2012 | World
Read More: Resource Curse, Soveriegn Weath Fund, Conditional Cash Transfer, World News
Todd Moss

Nigeria, perhaps the world's poster child for the oil curse, is the latest country to deploy a sovereign wealth fund as a tool to try to better manage national income.

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Anti-Poverty Program Falls Short

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Anti-Poverty Program, Mayor Bloomberg, Conditional Cash Transfer, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York, New York News

NEW YORK — An experimental anti-poverty program that pays the poor for maintaining good habits – $25 to $150 for things such as going to t...

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Constitutional Court Orders Removal of Guatemalan Education Minister

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Sandra Torres De Colom, Otto Perez Molina, Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, Latin America, Mi Familia Progresa, Bienvenido Argueta, Education, Transparency, Consejo De Cohesion Social, Accountability, Conditional Cash Transfer, Social Cohesion Council, World News, World News
Daniel Altschuler

On February 25, Guatemala's Constitutional Court ordered the removal of Education Minister Bienvenido Argueta for failing to provide the court with co...

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