New for Poverty Studies

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
Available online.
"Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisis -- often referred to as "the Great Recession" -- there is grave concern that progress made in poverty reduction and women's equality will be reversed."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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Brookings Institution.
Available online.
"Randomized treatment-control experiments suggest large returns to investments in prekindergarten education. Several studies consider the social benefits of such investments, but none have considered the full potential gains to government budgets... we find that both programs would pay back in reduced costs and increased revenues in excess of three-fourths of their costs within a seventy-five year budget window. Both programs would eventually reap a positive return for government budgets if policymakers were sufficiently patient."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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I hope you have read Merrily Taylor's April 29 letter about the upcoming 12% reduction in the W&L University Library's subscriptions budget.
In short, this ain't going to be easy. We are working on the situation and have come up with a a first wave of cancellations, which include:

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Brill's New Pauly (print subscription)
Global Books in Print
International Medieval Bibliography (print subscription)
Press Display
Pro and Con Online
Resources for College Libraries
Writers Directory
World of Learning

microfilm subscriptions to:
Business Week
Forbes
New Yorker
Science News

The above gets us about 1/3 of the way to our needed cuts, and the process will get only more difficult. Please be assured that we will consult with you before considering the cancellation of any title which might directly affect you.
Please let me know if you have questions or comments.

Dick Grefe

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