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Title One percent for the kids : new policies, brighter futures for America's children / Isabel V. Sawhill, editor.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2003]
©2003
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 194 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Promoting the healthy development of young children / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson -- When work alone is not enough / Robert Haveman -- Preventing early childbearing / Andrea Kane and Isabel V. Sawhill -- Strengthening fragile families / Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan -- Family policy and academic achievement / David J. Armor -- Providing universal preschool for four-year-olds / Barbara Wolfe and Scott Scrivner -- Improving neighborhoods for poor children / Jens Ludwig -- The Blair government and child poverty : an extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom / John Hills.
Summary This volume argues that the life prospects of children can be improved substantially by reallocating one per cent of the gross domestic product to children's programmes. Each chapter contains a specific proposal for change, as well as information about the rationale and cost of the initiative.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Child welfare -- United States.
Child welfare.
United States.
Children -- Services for -- United States.
Children -- Services for.
Children -- United States -- Social conditions.
Children.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Added Author Sawhill, Isabel V.
Other Form: Print version: One percent for the kids. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2003 0815777221 0815777213 (DLC) 2003006185 (OCoLC)51936907
ISBN 0815777434 (electronic book)
9780815777434 (electronic book)

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