Michael W. Hodin discusses how the demographic shift toward an older population will make current tax policies unsustainable in coming decades.

This Declaration and Agenda for Action was released at the 1st World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm, Sweden on August 31, 1996.

The declaration begins, "We, gathered in Stockholm for the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, representing the Governments of 122 countries, together with non-governmental organizations, the End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT) campaign, UNICEF and other agencies within the family of the United Nations, and other concerned organizations and individuals worldwide, hereby commit ourselves to a global partnership against the commercial sexual exploitation of children."

Peter Orszag explains how monthly cycles of food-stamp benefits may contribute to disciplinary problems among students from low-income families.

For all its goodwill, Invisible Children's "Kony 2012" film is dangerous propaganda, pure and simple, writes David Rieff at Foreign Policy. It's not a call to make a notorious celebrity out of Joseph Kony, he writes--it's a call to war.

Benn Steil's Forbes op-ed takes a critical look at the economics behind the Obama Administration's free-contraception insurance mandate.

This session was a meeting of the Women and Foreign Policy Roundtable Series.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses an innovative program in northern India, where one in two girls is wed before the age of 18, that is paying girls to stay unmarried and helping to lower the rate of child marriage.

This meeting was presented by the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

The Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography was adopted by the UN General Assembly resolution 54/263 on May 25, 2000 and entered into force on January 18, 2002.

The Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam was adopted by the 32nd Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Sana'a, Yemen, in June 2005.

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was adopted by the Organization of African Unity on July 11, 1990 and entered into force November 29, 1999.

The United States should see family planning as a foreign policy priority that leads to healthier and more prosperous societies, and should increase funding, resources and support for those countries with the highest unmet need, argues CFR's Isobel Coleman.

The National Education Policy Center's William Mathis argues that a lack of high tech jobs, not low standardized test scores, hinders America's international competitiveness.

Presidential Memorandum

Education Secretary Duncan and New York City Schools Chancellor Klein discuss strategies for improving the quality of the U.S. education system in order to make American students more competitive in the global market.

Education Secretary Duncan and New York City Schools Chancellor Klein discuss strategies for improving the quality of the U.S. education system in order to make American students more competitive in the global market.

Protocol

Watch Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank Group, focus on innovative approaches to advance economic opportunities for women and girls worldwide.

This session was part of the the ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable series, which is made possible by the generous support of ExxonMobil.

Listen to Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank Group, focus on innovative approaches to advance economic opportunities for women and girls worldwide.

This session was part of the the ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable series, which is made possible by the generous support of ExxonMobil.

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