Child-Care Staff Shortages, Democracy in the Indo-Pacific, and More

December 3, 2021

Democracy protesters in Thailand in 2020

Will Asia buy into the Summit for Democracy?

Although the Summit for Democracy aims to spur democratic renewal at home and abroad, U.S. policymakers will find it particularly challenging to implement a robust human rights and democracy agenda in the Indo-Pacific region. Andrew Yeo highlights three reasons why and what the Biden administration can do to mobilize resources and diplomatic capital.

Staffing and compensation are at the heart of building a better early childhood system

The U.S. child-care sector is still about 10% smaller than it was before the pandemic. Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Katherine Miller-Baines, and Isabelle Fares share findings from their study of child-care sites in Louisiana, discuss how staff shortages impact kids, and call for investments to stabilize the early-childhood-education workforce.

Girls wearing school uniforms walk past a burning street baricade during demonstrations in Haiti

Haiti needs a new, improved UN mission

As the humanitarian and political crisis in Haiti deepens, it is in the interest of the United States and international actors to find ways to restore security and provide a foundation for stable governance with reduced corruption. Charles Call discusses how to ensure that a new U.N. mission would contribute to sustainable stability in Haiti.

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