Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change

This article describes a new measure designed to examine the process of implementation of child welfare systems change. The measure was developed to document the status of the interventions and strategies that are being implemented and the drivers that are being installed to achieve sustainable changes in systems. The measure was used in a Children's Bureau-supported national effort to assess the ongoing implementation of 24 systems-change projects in child welfare jurisdictions across the country. The article describes the process for measure development, method of administration and data collection, and quantitative and qualitative findings.     

中国毒品犯罪死刑的概况及其控制

解放初期我国大规模的禁毒运动成效显著,长期是“无毒国”,无需对毒品犯罪规定死刑。改革开放后,鉴于毒品泛滥、社会危害加剧的新形势,1982年《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于严惩严重破坏经济的罪犯的决定》对毒品犯罪始规定死刑。随着我国经济社会发展,并受国际社会废除死刑潮流的影响,我国对毒品犯罪适用死刑的立场演变为既保留死刑又限制其适用。从毒品犯罪市场化、准组织化的现实来看,刑罚轻重应与毒品犯罪的利益、风险相适应。还应通过医疗技术、替代药物、帮助吸毒者回归正当的社会生活、加强国际合作等举措,更好地发挥社会措施对刑罚的替代作用,尽可能切断毒品犯罪的经济根源,从而限制和减少毒品犯罪死刑的适用。     

论我国海洋倾废管理中的激励问题

海洋倾废管理是海洋环境管理的重要组成部分.本文从激励角度入手,基于激励手段在海洋倾废管理中的缺失来讨论目前海洋倾废管理所面临的问题,并进一步探究如何利用经济激励手段及教育激励手段改善海洋倾废管理主体监督执法动力不足、效率低下的现状,以促使海洋倾废管理对象在消除抵触情绪的同时采取有益于减少海洋倾废的源头控制行为.     

食品安全政府监管问题分析

食品安全问题始终是涉及民生的大问题,文章从案例分析入手,归纳出政府存在监管主体滥用职权,多头监管导致监管空白,行政主管部门不作为,追惩结果不透明,监管部门推诿扯皮等问题,并进一步分析指出食品安全政府监管制度的完善应从加强信息公开、严惩政府不作为、明确监管职能、完善相关立法等几方面入手。     

中国跨境（边境）经济合作面临问题及对策建议

跨境（边境）经济合作作为沿边地区开放开发的一种战略选择,目前正在中国沿边地区兴起,但由于受各种因素制约,实际效果并不明显。本文拟理性分析跨境（边境）经济合作面临的主要困难和问题,研究提出推进跨境（边境）经济合作的若干对策建议,包括：将跨境（边境）经济合作纳入国家战略统筹推进、加强周边国家国别性研究等,供决策参考。     

工商行政管理所(队)公务员激励机制研究——以西安市L区为例

工商行政管理所(队)公务员激励机制的完善与否直接影响到工商行政管理所(队)公务员工作积极性的调动和工作效率的提高。本文以西安市L区的200名工商行政管理所(队)公务员作为研究对象,从工作满意度、所需激励因素、激励因素的实际供给情况、执法环境对工商行政管理所(队)公务员工作动力的影响以及绩效考评与工作动力的关系等方面分析了接受调查的工商行政管理所(队)公务员的工作状况,在此基础上探索了适合该群体的工资、福利、考核、在职培训、职务升降等方面的激励机制,以期对我国工商行政管理所(队)公务员管理的实践有所裨益。     

着力科技创新,发展现代农业

该文以芜湖市为例,阐述了芜湖市农业产业和农业科技发展现状,分析了存在的问题和困难,提出依靠科技创新支撑现代农业发展的路径和措施。     

论新型城镇化对解决中国“三农”问题的战略意义

“三农”问题是中国经济社会发展中迫切需要解决的重大问题,该文在分析“三农”问题的表现形式及其成因,以及新型城镇化的内涵的基础上,探讨了新型城镇化对解决中国“三农”问题的重要战略意义.     

Comment on Michael A. Stegman,Walter R. Davis,and Roberto Quercia's “The Earned Income Tax Credit as an instrument of housing policy”

Abstract

The article by Stegman, Davis, and Quercia is a careful, comprehensive analysis of the current impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on the housing cost burdens of working families. Its major proposal, a graduated supplement to the EITC to reflect housing costs, is compared with my broader concept of addressing severe cost burdens through supplements to major income support programs. Criticisms of my concept, chiefly administrative difficulties and incompatibility with the EITC benefit structure, are discussed.

My primary concerns are that Stegman, Davis, and Quercia's proposal does not sufficiently target families with severe housing costs and that the formula for calculating the additional benefit does not reflect diverse housing costs throughout the country and provides the smallest increases to the recipients with the lowest incomes. However, it is more important to generate discussion of the reality that “income policy IS housing policy” than to argue about details.