NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Monday, June 3, 2002

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Daily Policy Digest
Monday, June 3, 2002

	Africa went from food exporter to food-aid dependent due to bad policies there and in developed countries, says Bruce Bartlett....
NCPA

	Poverty declined to lowest rate in 23 years as 5.1 million Americans left the welfare rolls....
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/USA TODAY

	Two-thirds of inmates were rearrested since release in 1994, having cumulatively committed 4.1 million crimes before then....
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS/WASHINGTON TIMES

	Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have held elections since 1990, and power peacefully changed hands in four countries during recent years....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Women reach retirement in bad financial shape, with 1 in 4 having only Social Security income....
WASHINGTON POST

	Employing idle federal prisoners could reduce crime and the cost of incarcerating them, while increasing economic growth....
PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE

	Low level exposure to "endocrine disruptors" doesn't appear to reduce fertility, retard development or cause cancer, say researchers....
REASON PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE

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