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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Olympics remind us of the importance of local governance As the world’s great athletes and brave tourists descend on Rio for the 2016 Olympics, Brazil’s political troubles and urban infrastructure are also in the spotlight.Can Orange is the New Black pay for success? Recidivism is a measurable outcome and metrics like costs per occupied bed in a facility like Litchfield show a clear financial benefit associated with fewer people reoffending.What do victims want from criminal justice reform? Victims want for solutions that work for them. Long sentences for violent offenses offer them little.In Tanzania, can more service provider accountability improve service delivery? Tanzania's lack of accountability in the public-health and education sectors has serious repercussions for local communities. What does it take to make accountability the norm rather than the exception?What keeps cities in Asia and Africa from effective public service delivery? Despite the well-documented economic potential of cities, most national public policy systems do not give local governments much scope to improve service delivery.Pokémon GO is changing how cities use public space, but could it be more inclusive? Beyond the moral arguments for inclusion and equity, placemaking can help strengthen local economies, reduce crime, and drive civic engagement.
