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Government Spending On Children

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Elena Sheridan
31 March 2004 - 2:00pm

What does the government spend on children? Here is the evidence from Five Cities.

A study of five economically distressed cities—Baltimore, Detroit, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Richmond—from 1997 to 2000 reveals that a strong national economy provides no guarantee that expenditures on behalf of children will increase.

Full Story: Government Spending on Children
Source: The Brookings Institution, October 24, 2005
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