试析农民工法律援助制度的构建

建立健全的农民工法律援助机制是保护农民工合法权益的重要途径，是建设和谐社会和社会主义新农村的内在要求。在全面总结农民工合法权益遭受侵犯的现状的基础上，深刻分析了农民工法律援助机制存在的问题及原因，进而提出了建立健全的农民工法律援助机制的若干构想，从而确保法律援助机制的有效运行。     

The Impact of a Mandatory Employment Program on Welfare Terminations

ABSTRACT

This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of one of the most ambitious employment and training programs in the nation, California's Greater Avenue for Independence (GAIN), on welfare terminations. The study isolates the effects of GAIN from other effects by controlling for AFDC program characteristics and labor market conditions. The findings suggest that, all else constant, GAIN increased terminations in a modest fashion. The paper discusses the difficulties future welfare-to-work programs are likely to have in substantially increasing terminations even with stringent mandatory work requirements.     

以教育科研推动教育救助理论与实践的发展进程

加强教育救助科学研究，是促进教育公平和社会公平、构建社会主义和谐社会的需要；是教育科研的职责所在和应然选择；也是教育及其救助理论与实践发展的必然要求。教育救助科学研究要明确任务、确定思路、选择方法。     

对我国农村居民最低生活保障制度建设的再思考

农村居民最低生活保障制度是社会救助的主要部分,同农村合作医疗制度、农村养老制度一并成为农村社会保障体系的三大基石。现阶段我国农村居民最低生活保障存在诸多问题:立法空白、政策缺失、保障对象不确定、保障标准偏低、保障资金难以保证以及社会认识有偏差。为此建议:根据我国国情,建立科学合理的同农村居民最低生活保障制度相关的法律体系;科学规划,构建以农村居民最低生活保障制度为基础的农村救助体系;规范保障对象的范围,进一步扩大覆盖范围;建立与社会生产力发展水平相适应的、待遇合理的农村居民最低生活保障制度;完善农村居民最低生活保障制度的资金筹措机制;建立定期对农村居民最低生活保障制度运行的检讨制度。     

灾后志愿者心理援助体系初探

汶川大地震后,志愿者作为灾难现场的目击者和救援的参与者,不可避免地处于应激状态之中.与直接受灾者相比,志愿者在应激源和中介两个方面存在差异,如应急源的时程不同、对灾害的认知评价和应对方式上的差异等.针对这些特点,对灾后志愿者的心理援助工作应该全程、全面和系统地展开.根据志愿者行动时程,可建立筛查、预仿、监测、跟踪等与心理援助相结合的灾后志愿者心理援助体系.     

论宪政视野下的法律援助

法律援助在中国实施多年，作为政府行为取得了积极的成果，作为制度也发挥了积极的作用，当然也存在自身的困境。法律援助具有宪法实践属性，因此，在宪政视野下剖析和解决法律援助问题，探寻中国法律援助的发展路径具有重要意义。     

From the Theory of Aid Effectiveness to the Practice: The European Commission's Governance Incentive Tranche

Around the turn of the millennium a growing consensus emerged on the dos and don'ts of development assistance, based on lessons drawn from failed aid. Donors now increasingly see aid as a leverage to induce or support governance reforms in recipient countries. The EC, which considers itself to be a forerunner of the new aid approach, has recently launched a new instrument to incentivise such reforms: the ‘Governance Incentive Tranche’. However, the evidence presented in this article suggests that, in design and practice, the incentive tranche is surprisingly similar to some of the unsuccessful aid modalities of the past.     

Strategies to Improve the World Food Programme's Revenue Mobilisation and Procurement Practices

Currently, a vast majority of WFP food procurement is executed through spot markets, which exposes it to substantial commodity and transport price risk as well as significant delays in delivery. The WFP also has limited flexibility owing to unpredictable revenue mobilisation, partly driven by restricted donor contributions. However, a significant portion of its operations are fairly predictable – both in terms of countries and delivery volumes. There are several types of derivatives contracts available at commodities exchanges that can facilitate strategic hedging. Greater commitments of untied cash donations from the US and other major donors can give the WFP significant operational flexibility to execute prudent financial management operations without damaging local food markets.     

Groups-on-the-Go: Spontaneously Formed Mutual Aid Groups for Adolescents in Distress

SUMMARY

This paper presents groups-on-the-go, spontaneously formed groups for adolescents in distress. Groups-on-the-go is an extension of Fritz Redl's concept of life-space interviewing, which is used to address adolescents' direct, here-and-now life experiences. The two major tasks of life-space interviewing are: (1) clinical exploitation of life events and (2) emotional first aid on the spot. This article goes one step further, adding a third feature, (3) mutual aid in the moment. This article will describe and illustrate groups-on-the-go, discuss the challenges of this spontaneous approach, and offer guidelines for its effective use.     

社会转型期如何让法律援助服务于社会管理创新

中国当前正处于社会转型期和改革创新的关键期,政治、经济、文化等方面发生了诸多变化,也面临着诸多风险,急需借助法律援助制度创新社会管理.法律援助制度在社会管理创新中能起重要作用.基于此,要促进社会管理创新,就必须创新理念,坚持法律援助“服务至上”和“群众利益至上”,完善“两个体系”建设,积极推进“五化”、“四机制”建设.