Category «Government Documents»

Assessment of the macroeconomic impact of higher loss absorbency for global systemically important banks

Macroeconomic Assessment Group established by the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – Report: Assessment of the macroeconomic impact of higher loss absorbency for global systemically important banks, 10 October 2011 “Weaknesses at large financial institutions have often played a central role in the triggering and propagation of systemic financial crises. …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: DHS Data Mining, National Cord Blood Inventory, On-the-Job Training, Warfighter Support

Food Safety: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Reducing an Illness Caused by Eating Raw Oysters, GAO-11-607, Sep 8, 2011 Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742, Sep 7, 2011 National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges, GAO-12-23, Oct 7, 2011 On-the-Job …

Subjects: Government Documents

2011 Global Hunger Index: Taming price spikes and excessive food price volatility

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): “Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food prices, according to the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility. These challenges …

Subjects: Government Documents

Levin Report Finds Offshore Tax Break Is a Failed Tax Policy Whose Repeat Could Damage the Economy

News release: “Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a report today, Repatriating Offshore Funds: 2004 Tax Windfall for Select Multinationals, that found that the 2004 repatriation tax break that allowed U.S. companies to bring $312 billion in offshore earnings back to the United States at an extraordinarily low …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

IMF: Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Navigating Stormy Waters

Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Navigating Stormy Waters, October 2011 “Following a strong showing in early 2011, the economies across Europe now face the prospect of a pronounced slowdown, as global growth has softened, risk aversion has risen, and strains in Europes sovereign debt and financial markets have deepened, according to the Regional Economic Outlook: Europe. …

Subjects: Government Documents

CRS: International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues

International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues, July 26, 2011 “In recent years, the international community has increasingly recognized international violence against women (VAW) as a significant human rights and global health issue. VAW, which can include both random acts of violence as well as sustained abuse over time, can be physical, psychological, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

Census – Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2010

“This table series provides a range of social and economic characteristics for the foreign-born population and their children and is the only federal source of data on the “second generation” and “third generation” populations. These data were collected from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.”

Subjects: Government Documents

Afghanistan 10 years on: Slow progress and failed promises

Afghanistan 10 years on: Slow progress and failed promises, Amnesty International “Ten years after a US-led military invasion removed the Taleban from Afghanistan, the Afghan government and its international supporters have failed to keep many of the promises they made to the Afghan people, Amnesty International said…An Amnesty International scorecard on the state of human …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

UN Report:Treatment of Conflict Related Detainees in Afghan Custody

Treatment of Conflict Related Detainees in Afghan Custody – United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [UNAMA], UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. October 2011 Kabul, Afghanistan UNAMA press release: Mistreatment of Conflict-Related Security Detainees in National Directorate of Security and Afghan National Police Facilities: “UNAMA today released a report that documents the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Report: Household Income Trends During the Recession and Economic Recovery

“Sentier Research today released a report that introduces a new monthly series that will examine trends in the income (before taxes) of American households. This new series should prove to be a very valuable addition to existing statistical series such as the employment and unemployment data released monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. …

Subjects: Government Documents

Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Noncancer Pain, Technical Brief

Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Noncancer Pain, Technical Brief – Final Sept. 30, 2011. HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality “Chronic pain symptoms cause major medical and socioeconomic problems and are the most common cause of long-term disability in middle aged people. The total estimated healthcare costs to Americans are more than $70 …

Subjects: Government Documents

Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – Disposition of Comments Report

Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders — Disposition of Comments Report, October 6, 2011. HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “This is an extremely detailed report that, to a large extent, summarizes well the state of the science with respect to what is known about the efficacy of therapies for …

Subjects: Government Documents

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