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In Paris's Banlieues, New Recipe for Success Is Local

Liz Alderman

May 14, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

The impoverished communities in Paris had high unemployment for adults and youth. The French government has offered financial incentives to hire people from the banlieues. Talents de Cités, a governmental program, offers cash prizes to young entrepreneurs.

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Inside Denmark's 'fixing rooms', where nurses watch as addicts inject in safety

Daniel Boffey

May 04, 2013 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

In Copenhagen's fixing room, drug addicts are able to take intravenous drugs through the supervision of nurses. The room provides a clean environment with sterile needles that can be disposed of. Since it opened, there were 36,000 injections, accounting for 350 syringes being used a day, and 1,000 regular attendees. “The philosophy is that we can't change people, people can change themselves and we can be there when they want to change."

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Putting Charities to the Test

Tina Rosenberg

December 05, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Oxford

For most well-meaning donors, it can be difficult to calculate which charities are most effective with their funding - that is those that aim to solve the most serious problems, use interventions that work, employ cost-effective strategies, are competent and honest, and can make good use of each additional dollar. Organizations like GiveWell are part of a new and welcome trend toward rigorous evaluation of social change programs, and helps people best decide where to donate based on what causes matter to them most.

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What a Little Land Can Do

Tina Rosenberg

November 21, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Kolkata, West Bengal

In many parts of the world, not owning one's own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land reform is controversial, difficult, and expensive. A new program called Landesa is having success in India through a non-confiscatory model that gives families tennis-court size plots.

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How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths

Max Fisher

July 23, 2012 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Japan

While the United States struggled with thousands of gun-related homicides in 2008, Japan had a meager eleven. Despite Japan being a developed country, it has controlled and restricted gun-use from the police on the streets to ordinary residents by making policies based on their 1958 law. U.S. gun laws are rooted in the Constitution’s freedom to bear arms, thereby making policy changes more difficult to restrict gun use.

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The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later

Julio Godoy

July 18, 2012 |

Inter Press Service News Agency |

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Response Location: France, Paris

Paris is a city plagued by traffic jams and air pollution. In 2007, the local government created a public bicycle sharing program called Velib that has drastically reduced the number of cars on the roadways and parking lots. During five years, over a hundred million people have used the program and it has a quarter of a million subscribers.

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Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look So Different From Ours

Sarah Goodyear

April 25, 2012 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

When Amsterdam and the Netherlands were facing an urban dilemma between building bicycle or automobile friendly streets, citizens organized to promote the prioritization of cyclist safety above all else. This public outcry and strategy lead to these cities becoming a model for livable streets.

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How to Feed the Hungry, Faster

Tina Rosenberg

November 01, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Ethiopia

America is the world’s main supplier of food aid to impoverished countries; however, food aid has the problems of long-distance transportation, the cost of the transportation and storage, and the navigation through dangerous zones. Different programs around the world are experimenting with alternative forms of aid, including vouchers and cash for work.

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Excess, deprivation mark state prisons

Brian Joseph Tony Saavedra

September 02, 2011 |

Orange County Register |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The California prison system is overwhelmed after adopting tough-on-crime laws with no improvement. New York adopted more tolerant policies and has decreased the state's crime rate and its prison population.

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Class Struggle: India's Experiment in Schooling Tests Rich and Poor

Geeta Anand

June 04, 2011 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

The country of India has long suffered from extreme income inequalities, with many poor children growing up with lackluster education. The Right to Education Act, passed in 2009, requires elite private schools to admit 25% low-income or disabled children. The law's success is measured at the Shri Ram School in New Delhi, and some wealthy families are unsatisfied with its inclusiveness.

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