There are important policy issues being negotiated at the state and federal levels without adequately funded advocates for ordinary Americans at the table, and that doesn't serve our long-term interests as a nation, nor does it make for a healthy democracy.
Part of the problem is funding, advocates say: courts should offer more investigative cash to court-appointed attorneys, in an attempt to promote strong representation.
Liberia received funds to expand the data collection database management and reporting system; Nigeria was funded to advocate to local government authorities and community leaders on the importance of data generation, feedback and use; and Sudan proposed to develop a data dictionary and design a survey for collecting data on the health system's performance.
Hedge funds advocate a different path and risk for the company.
Government funded websites advocated a shared decision-making approach, providing balanced and referenced information in the context of VBAC, and information largely presented VBAC as the 'default position' in the absence of contraindications to CS.
During the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund advocated high rates to help restore confidence in sliding currencies.
The International Monetary Fund advocates broadening the base of consumption taxes by ending "zero-rating" on VAT.
Regulators are pressing hard to overhaul money market funds, advocating measures they say would make the funds more resilient to financial panics.
The long-term gains from activism held even when the hedge funds advocated taking on leverage or other "quick buck" strategies.
The legislation was pushed through by Democrats in Congress, and a more Republican balance of power after the next election might make it more difficult to add to or renew the fund, advocates for adding cancer said.
Other pension fund advocates and members of the comptroller's staff suggested that the Giuliani administration was trying to help Mr. Zuckerman, with an eye toward gaining his support for the mayor's likely Senate campaign.
