Policies and systems must be in place to promote best practices in teaching, to address the non-academic health and social needs of disadvantaged children, to reward innovation and success, and to intervene effectively in schools in need of improvement.
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In what ways can technological interventions be used to change or challenge social norms inhibiting the disadvantaged and marginalised people?
Within the nonprofit sector, there has been strong growth in providing disadvantaged children with social, educational and health services.
The Zithobeni community is disadvantaged in terms of social and economic life.
New technologies are an effective tool to generate opportunities for development, which will help to reduce the asymmetries between the regions and the cities, promoting social, economic and cultural inclusion of disadvantaged sectors of the population.
How about a visit to the Shanghai Social Innovation Park, or The Nest (pictured above), which is a government-sponsored incubator with a special focus on assisting innovative entrepreneurs to set up and grow social enterprises to involve and assist the disadvantaged?
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There was clearly an educational access gap here that was limiting the opportunities, both economic and social, for those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
This is a sensitive balancing act between protecting access for the disadvantaged while risking accusations of "social engineering" by manipulating the admissions process.
One of the two primary causes of the financial crisis was overregulation, primarily forcing banks to trash traditional lending standards, and make ultimately trillions in subprime and other non-prime loans, for the social goal of promoting home ownership among the disadvantaged.
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Facing rising unemployment rates and welfare burdens, the Korean government has looked to social enterprises to create jobs and provide other services for the disadvantaged.
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But in a country where for centuries the disadvantaged had no chance of improving their prospects, more social mobility, even amid wider inequality, is a big step forward.
It cites as its main aims the strengthening of Bolivia's health system and the provision of "equal access to health care by eliminating social exclusion", as well as improving "the livelihoods of economically and socially disadvantaged people by increasing income and managing natural resources".
Yet any review of religious texts, Friday sermons or contemporary debate on the subject shines light on Islamic finance's true intentions: infusing commerce with social justice, so that the pursuit of profit is tempered by concern for the welfare of the most disadvantaged.
He said disadvantaged men in mid-life were facing a "perfect storm" of challenges, including unemployment and social inclusion.
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