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Shedding light on CAMPAIGN ISSUES through our weekly Decision Points ’08 e-newsletter

Modeling how proposals to REFORM HEALTH INSURANCE affect costs and coverage

Launching an online Tax Policy Briefing Book to share tax facts, clarify issues, and float options

 

Developing and costing out improvements to PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE

Starting a unique SUMMER ACADEMY for underrepresented minority college students interested in public policy research careers

QUANTIFYING CRIME DETERRENCE when law-enforcement agencies maintain DNA databases

Examining the policies, service systems, and funding sources SUPPORTING VERY YOUNG CHILDREN

Estimating how and how much workers at different career stages ACCUMULATE SAVINGS

Completing a pioneering study on how to analyze the costs and benefits of CRIME PREVENTION

 

Determining whether and how financing RETIREMENT FROM HOME EQUITY works

Developing a "business-friendly cities" certification program for SERBIA

Assessing the adequacy of the safety net for OLDER WORKERS

Gauging the CIVIC POTENTIAL of nonprofit organizations created by recent waves of immigrants

Analyzing what makes some HIGH SCHOOLS much better than others

Quantifying the value of private giving and volunteering in INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK

 

Releasing a policy-and-practice book on REFORMING CHILD-WELFARE systems

Assessing cities’ BORROWING READINESS in six Asian countries