Uniting Welfare and Child Welfare: The El Paso County Department of Human Services

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

When he takes the reins of the El Paso County, Colorado, Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1997, David Berns has ambitious goals for the department's struggling child welfare services division. He must deal with a rising caseload of children...

The Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge Proposal

Publication Date: January 22, 2003

In the first years after its 1997 reunification with China, the economy of Hong Kong, a former British crown colony that had developed as a post-World War II economic powerhouse, was sputtering. Growth in gross domestic product had slowed and...

The Georgia Early Learning Initiative: United Way of Metro Atlanta Turns to "Community Building" (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

In the spring of 1999, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta (UWMA) was in the midst of historic organizational change. It had become convinced that the traditional United Way approach to philanthropy--one of soliciting funds from the public and...

Starting Amachi: The Elements and Operation of a Volunteer-Based Social Program

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

By the spring of 2003, less than two years after its founding, the Philadelphia nonprofit Amachi had arranged more than 500 volunteer mentors, drawn from inner city African-American churches, to counsel the children of incarcerated parents. The...

Crossing the River: An Economic Development and Diversity Initiative in Southwestern Michigan (Part B)

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

The twin cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan, have long been known for manufacturing, particularly Whirlpool Corp., and racial tension. Prominent accounts--including journalist Alex Kotlowitz's "The Other Side of the River"--account...

Crossing the River: An Economic Development and Diversity Initiative in Southwestern Michigan (Part A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

The twin cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan, have long been known for manufacturing, particularly Whirlpool Corp., and racial tension. Prominent accounts--including journalist Alex Kotlowitz's "The Other Side of the River"--account...

Child Welfare Services in El Paso County, Colorado: Where Human Services and the Courts Meet

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

When he takes the reins of the El Paso County, Colorado, Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1997, David Berns has ambitious goals for the department's struggling child welfare services division. He must deal with a rising caseload of children...

A Virtual Defeat? Stalling the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

Negotiations for the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) began in 1993, at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Despite initial expectations, the talks failed to produce an agreement. The MAI negotiations were...

Argentina's Telecommunications Industry and the Economic Crisis of 2002

Publication Date: December 16, 2002

During the 1990s, Argentina carried out an ambitious program of economic reforms, including the privatization of its telephone system and other state-owned utilities. In 2002, however, a severe economic crisis forced Argentina to default on its...

Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef

Publication Date: December 12, 2002

Those familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of the quarrel, beginning with the introduction of the use of growth-promoting hormones for...

International Trade Meets Domestic Regulations: Negotiating the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreements

Publication Date: December 12, 2002

In 1998, the United States and the European Union (EU) recognized each other's inspection, testing, and certification requirements for a wide range of traded products in a set of agreements known as Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs). The MRAs...

The Challenge of Multi-Agency Collaboration: Launching a Large-Scale Youth Development Project in Hartford

Publication Date: November 05, 2002

The idea that better "collaboration" among public and private service providers improves the effectiveness of social service programs for the poor is virtually uncontested in social service circles--yet many efforts at collaboration founder...