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Newsbites
March 11th 2010
A new American Human Development Project report compares health care costs between U.S. states and 80 countries →
March 5th 2010
SSRC report, Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities, featured on FCC blog →
March 5th 2010
American Human Development Project featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review →
March 3rd 2010
Program Director William O’Neill quoted on Haiti in the Christian Science Monitor →

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Featured Publication

Bailouts: Public Money, Private Profits
Edited by Robert E. Wright

See also

Privatization of Risk Book Series Edited by Craig Calhoun and Jacob S. Hacker

Call For Applications

Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop

The SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop is accepting applications for its 2010 competition. The workshop will be August 7-11, 2010 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Monterey, California. Funding for the program is provided by the Korea Foundation.

Deadline: May 1, 2010

Research Highlight

Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities
This study, conducted by the SSRC at the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), analyzes the factors shaping low rates of adoption of home broadband services in low income and other marginalized communities.

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