http://www.unep.org/GEO/pdfs/Keeping_Track.pdf
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit conference to address the state of the environment and sustainable development. Reviews developments at the 1992 and 2002 conferences, progress made over the years, and previews goals and objectives for the 2012 conference. From the United Nations Development Programme
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Identifies policies on the national and global levels that could stimulate mutually reinforcing progress toward these related goals. From the United Nations Development Programme
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm82/8211/8211.pdf
An analysis of the problem of youth gangs and the interventions that are effective in stopping the violence. Lays out the British government response to the August 2011 riots in London and other cities. Command Paper Cm 8211 From the Home Department.
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/newsletter/2011/Lib1111.pdf
This article considers how Federal Reserve policies during the Great Depression weakened economic conditions and how policymakers used the lessons learned from the Depression to stabilize the economy during the Great Recession. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1085
Examines the possibility for progress in arms control and nuclear proliferation with Russia, Iran, and North Korea. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR%20294.pdf
This report is based on the lessons gleaned from a review of public commissions of inquiry into police misconduct worldwide and their possible application in stability operations, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. The study attempts to determine whether past scandals can help us deal more effectively with current problems of nation building and police reform. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/october/tradoc_148337.pdf
Looks at the problems blocking agreement in the latest round of multilateral trade negotiations launched in Doha in 2001 (the Doha Development Agenda) and the benefits that could result, especially for the European Union, if agreement were to be reached that would include recent proposals. From the European Commission
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1210.pdf
Finds that women in general have surpassed men in obtaining education over the last three decades, but women with a high school degree or less earned lower hourly wages than men with the same level of education, even when they were in the same general occupation category. This study examines the differences in pay and key characteristics among men and women with less education and low wages.
From the Government Accountability Office