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Tout au long de l’année, le département « Questions sociales » du CAS assure une fonction de veille dans une série de pays afin d’y déceler des informations, projets et innovations originaux en matière de politiques sociales. Il s’agit d’identifier des dispositifs, des débats ou des propositions (...) Lire la suite
The Guardian's analysis of the report is now available and Simon Maxwell has explored the findings on his website. All of the data can be viewed using a new tool on the KPMG website . Following the Charles Taylor verdict, Lisa Denney argues that the influence of this case will be outlived by informal security and justice providers , as outlined in a related Briefing Paper . BBC Radio 4 Today reports on this event (MP3, 3mb), in which senior Sudanese politicians in Khartoum discussed urgent questions concerning war and peace with Sudan’s neighbour, South Sudan. What’s behind the story that Africa sits on vast groundwater reserves?
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - The UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues
TerraGreen explores the impact of climate change and energy use on human history in a series of articles.Part I: The Ancient World, traces the environmental journey of man, from the birth of the very first hominids to the glorious Egyptians. Read more
TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute
The Centre for Independent Studies
The public release of Australia’s Future Tax System—known as the Henry review—in May 2010 sparked an ongoing debate in Australia about the structure and efficiency of the country’s tax system. The review recommended substantial reforms be made to state and federal taxes, including dramatic simplification of income tax, wider use of rent and land taxes, and more consistent and appropriate treatment of income from capital gains and savings. The review was rightly well received—it offered a dramatically better vision for a national tax system than what we have now. But its recommendations are not above criticism. Beyond a desire for lower taxation and government spending in general, proponents of classical liberalism might raise four broad objections.
With nowhere else to go, Obama has fallen back to his most comfortable setting – class warfare. Now that it is painfully obvious the Buffett Rule is the President’s chief policy priority. Read More Americans looked to President Obama to set a bold and decisive course when he huddled yesterday with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. Regrettably, serious discussion of these overarching issues was not forthcoming.
Conservative Policy Research and Analysis | The Heritage Foundation
How much burden do preventable diseases put on health plans, and how much can lifestyle interventions help? California Public Employees Retirement System spends 22% of health expenditures to treat these chronic diseases. With interventions, estimates show disease could be reduced 5-15%, saving $18-54 million each year. Read More . President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Mitt Romney have released their 2011 returns. Because their income came from different sources, federal income and payroll taxes claimed very different percentages of their income.
The Urban Institute | Research of Record
JIIA -The Japan Institute of International Affairs-
Special Contribution to KOKUSAI MONDAI (INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS) Jan-Feb 2012 Issue titled "Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake -Toward a Japan More Open to the World -"Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.
Reuters/Andrew Winning - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as Britain's Prime Minister Cameron, Russia's Prime Minister Medvedev and Germany's Chancellor Merkel listen at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David The next president—whatever his party—will confront the nation’s domestic and international challenges in the context of two complex realities: America’s reliance on the global economy and global reliance on America’s military power. Bruce Jones, Thomas Wright and Jane Esberg argue that the next administration must work to promote international trade, foster a more stable international order and intensify efforts to develop new strategic partnerships.
Researchers at the STEPS Centre are working on several initiatives to try and bring thier research findings and perspectives to the Rio+20 process as well as looking beyond Rio to the future. Of oil and troubled waters Co-led by IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad, this five day course takes the participant through new ways of thinking about undernutrition and what to do about it.
Institute of Development Studies - Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Homepage
