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The FBI calls human trafficking the third largest criminal activity in the world. Most attention is on pimps and smuggling rings—the supply side. But recently, law enforcement has attacked demand, trying to shrink the market for prostitution. Anti-demand…

The life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians remains approximately 10 years – a gap Australia aims to eliminate by 2030. In the mid-2000s, the Australian government was grappling with the…

Rising income inequality has left many residents of Alexandria, VA, struggling to make ends meet, including many who are working. To determine how best to support them, the city of Alexandria launched a pilot to provide select residents who earn less…

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

Since the 1980s, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has tested many new policies and programs to improve work outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients. These demonstrations covered…

Despite steady declines during the past 20 years, teen birth rates in the U.S. are higher than those of other countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom. Studies and teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) initiatives often target adolescent females. Less…

KOMPAK is a partnership between the governments of Indonesia and Australia. Operating across 26 districts in seven provinces, KOMPAK focuses on Indonesia’s two key poverty reduction objectives – improved access to and quality of frontline services, and…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 16 times more likely to be incarcerated than non- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and recidivism rates are high, too. While in prison, women do not receive the support they need—such as…

We know how to prepare for inevitable epidemics. It takes will and wisdom. Do we have them?

The USAID Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Activity in Tajikistan is training scores of midwives to help improve the birthing process.