Conversation about a recently released science census report card reducing generational poverty. My pleasure this morning is to introduce you to the panelists today. We will from the people coauthors on the report telling you he highlights from the report. I encourage you to read the report, theres a lot of detail we will be able to cover today and then a broader discussion. Introducing greg duncan, the university of california irvine he has a Long Research career. He previously spent 25 years that diversity of michigan and was director claimed by harry halter, senior fellow garrett georgetown. Also in the black these department, her research focuses on shaping black communities, families. Look at policies and structural for income and other factors across generations. Fellow of the american economics. This conversation will be moderated as the visiting fellow here at brookings and economics programs. We join after spending 36 years as a staff writer at the Washington Post covering soc
Important that we are aware, that were building awareness of what might be coming in the future. So that we are so that we are prepared. We are leaving the program here for discussion on intergenerational poverty. Live coverage here and two. Conversation about a recently released science census report card reducing generational poverty. My pleasure this morning is to introduce you to the panelists today. We will from the people coauthors on the report telling you he highlights from the report. I encourage you to read the report, theres a lot of detail we will be able to cover today and then a broader discussion. Introducing greg duncan, the university of california irvine he has a Long Research career. He previously spent 25 years that diversity of michigan and was director claimed by harry halter, senior fellow garrett georgetown. Also in the black these department, her research focuses on shaping black communities, families. Look at policies and structural for income and other factor
This is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world Ship Breaking and bangladesh. Workers here, this colossal structure of the parts so that the materials can be reused or re sold, that exposes them to spontaneous explosions, falling chunks of steel and toxic materials. So theres a lot of hazardous stuff here, like a specialist fumes from oil and chemicals. Demi gloves and still a huge number of ships are dismantled in yards like these once theyre out of use. Most vessels that are scrapped originally belonged to companies in europe, east asia and south east asia, and 80 percent of their scrap ends up on these 3 beaches and bangladesh, india, and pakistan, and many cases illegally. A long chain of pretty actors make this possible. But a, how does this chain work . Whats in it for the shipping companies . And is there a way out shuttle ground bangladesh . This is the worlds number one destination for end of life ship parts. When you sell a ship full steam onto the sand and then its broke
Sales hit 1. 5 billion in 12 minutes. And over 14 billion by the days end. Chinas in the midst of a massive web shopping boom. 2013 saw the country surpass the u. S. In Online Transactions with a total of some 300 billion. Many of the products sold online in china come from 212 east shopping villages spread across nine rural provinces and one metropolitan area. From car parts to shoes, Childrens Clothing and toys, each community has a particular specialty. One such town is dongfeng in a northern province. Until several years ago it was a poor Farming Community where the only other employment came from a plastic processing plant. But today the local economy is based around making and selling furniture. Its a change thats been a huge success. Up around 5,000 residents, some 70 are involved in web retail. Between them they run over 2,000 online stores. Each day the town dispatches all kinds of furniture the length and breadth of china. The town enjoys annual sales of almost 160 million. I
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