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  • Can Free College Save American Cities?

    April 03, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Huge numbers of students lack the chance to go to college because of financial problems. Recently, Kalamazoo schools received more funding allowing them to have the chance to help and pay for students to then go to college and receive a higher education.

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  • For Striving Students, a Connection to Money

    March 26, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Government benefits to aid the poor are frequently left unclaimed, leaving children hungry, young people unable to finish school, and opportunities for stable housing and preventative health care unused. New York City-based program Single Stop connects people to benefits for which they may be eligible. Importantly, Single Stop has served community colleges where disadvantaged students can use the assistance to help get through school.

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  • Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching

    March 12, 2014 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Bharatpur

    Bucking the worldwide trend, Nepal continues its successful fight against poaching, thanks to a multilayered system of information gathering, enforcement, and swift justice.

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  • Why Sweden has so few road deaths

    February 26, 2014 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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  • Police chief, mayor tour city's rundown neighborhoods

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, North Carolina

    In Fayetteville, the Mayor and Police Chief have taken a personalized approach in seeking a solution for blighted, low-income neighborhoods and are working to increase the number of city staff on-hand to help address issues like decrepit buildings, as well as decrease the disparity in resources allocated to maintaining these neighborhoods. But many challenges remain, and the line between the government's role versus the private homeowner's responsibility remains difficult to define.

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  • Crime and blight still remain

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Civic leaders in the U.S. struggle to effectively help their distressed neighborhoods. East Lake, Atlanta, created a replicable model that mixes residents of differing socio-economic status, and focuses on education and health in the area.

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  • Dealing with blight complaints requires new approach, Memphis says

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative called 25 Square Blocks broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them, using the same amount of funding, but less time, as the old call-and-respond model.

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  • How to Build a Perfect Refugee camp

    February 13, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis Merkez, Kilis

    Refugee camps typically look like a prison with squalid conditions and barbed wire tops. By contrast, the Kilis refugee camp in Turkey is orderly, secure, and clean; has schools for children; has grocery stores, and is powered with electricity. The camp is not run by the United Nations, but rather it is Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency that oversees every detail and pours billions of dollars into maintaining it every year.

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  • Preparing for Disaster by Betting Against It

    February 12, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, necessity has bred an interesting kind of financial invention for the New York MTA: the world’s first “catastrophe” bond - a reinsurance for the insurer - designed to protect public transportation infrastructure, specifically against storm surge. These bonds privatize risk for public gain, creating a kind of tool that may protect economic development against all kinds of natural and man-made disasters around the world.

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  • In World's Best-Run Economy, House Prices Keep Falling - Because That's What House Prices Are Supposed To Do

    February 02, 2014 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    More than many countries in the world, the German government steps in to regulate housing in order to ensure housing remains affordable while the economy booms. Local officials monitor housing scams and unfair selling prices, making it easier - and cheaper - for residents to rent and buy homes.

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