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CED's publications span 66 years, and a broad range of policy areas. In the library you will find all reports that are in electronic format. CED makes recent policy statements available to the public at no charge. The work and publications available on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
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Reforming Immigration: Helping Meet America's Need for a Skilled Workforce
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development Research and Policy Committee
Publication date: 2001-03-15
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In this report, CED calls for reform in four categories: broadening the skill base of immigrants, restructuring the administration of immigration, rationalizing the admission of permanent and temporary workers, and creating mechanisms for flexible policies. Complete listing and access info » |
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CED in Brief: The H-1B Reality: Temporary Solution, Long Term Problem
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development
Publication date: 2001-03-01
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In October 2000, Congress passed the "American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000" (AC21). Responding to tight labor markets and burgeoning demand for highly skilled workers, particularly in the information technology sector (IT), large bipartisan majorities voted to increase the annual ceiling on temporary "specialty worker" (H-1B) visas. AC21 raises the number of H-1B visas from 115,000 to 195,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. This was the second large increase since 1998, when the limit was only 65,000. (See Figure 1.) The ceiling reverts to 65,000 in 2004. The recent strong demand for temporary workers reflects not only a booming IT industry, but also a failing permanent visa system. Temporary H-1B visas are generally approved in two to four months, while the wait for permanent employment visas now averages four and one half years. Although many employers would prefer to hire permanent workers, they cannot operate with such delays. They therefore have turned to the temporary visa system to fill permanent positions and meet their growing demand for skilled labor. Complete listing and access info » |
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Measuring What Matters: Using Assessment and Accountability to Improve Student Learning
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development Research and Policy Committee
Publication date: 2001-02-08
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This report hails testing and accountability as key to improving student learning. CED cautions, however, that tests are a means, not an end, to school reform. More work must be done to ensure that tests are good measures of learning. CED's K-12 efforts will engage business leaders in sustaining support for performance measurement in education and in identifying and overcoming barriers to delivering public education in new ways. Complete listing and access info » |
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Russia: Prospects for Economic Renewal: A U.S.-Russian Business Dialogue on New Forms of Economic Partnership
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development; EastWest Institute
Publication date: 2000-08-29
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This paper compiles highlights from remarks by participants at the U.S.-Russian Business Dialogue on May 17, 2000. Participants include: Charles Kolb, President, CED; Robert Legvold, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; George Russell, Jr., Chairman, Frank Russell Company; Peter Charow, Executive Vice President, EastWest Institute and former Vice President for commercial development and Chief Representative, BPA Exploration for BP Amoco in Moscow; Scott Blacklin, President, American Chamber of Commerce; Bernard Sucher, Troika Dialog; Aleksandr Surikov, Economic Senior Counselor, Embassy of the Russian Federation; John Price, Managing Director, Chase Manhattan Corporation; Eugene Lawson, President, U.S.-Russia Business Council; Doug Gardner, Partner, Arthur Anderson, Moscow; Jack Brougher, Director, Russia and Independent States, U.S. Department of Commerce; and John H. Schmidt, Director, Russian Cooperation Program, Boeing. Complete listing and access info » |
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CED's 1999 Annual Report
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development
Publication date: 2000-06-27
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Dialogue on Diversity
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development; Fund for Corporate Initiatives
Publication date: 2000-05-15
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This report is sponsored jointly by CED and the Fund for Corporate Initiatives, with the generous financial support of the Ford Foundation. The goal behind this joint project was to move the issue of corporate diversity beyond the theoretical -- and occasionally ideological -- context into one where the focus was on practical results in the workforce and the marketplace. More specifically, the aim was to have an open, frank discussion between CEOs and senior minority and women executives about the barriers to their corporate advancement. Complete listing and access info » |
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Improving Global Financial Stability
Author/Creator: Committee for Economic Development Research and Policy Committee
Publication date: 2000-05-15
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This report concludes that the failure of developing country governments and international financial institutions to adapt to changing markets helped trigger some of the world's financial crises. Arguing that global finance is "more susceptible to crisis than it need be," the report targets both developing and developed countries and the IMF as being in serious need of reform to prevent future breakdowns. The report endorses international standards to be adopted by developing countries, and hails private-sector participation and resources as vital to building an accepted set of best practices. Complete listing and access info » |
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