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Berkeley Public Policy Journal

The student-run journal of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berk

As the only student-run journal of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to providing a forum for policy-related articles that span a wide range of topics.

12/07/2021

Gaby Sanchez, MPP 2022, writes about the origins of the learning crisis in the Global South and weighs various approaches governments can take to improve educational outcomes.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3DuYsEV

11/19/2021

Who Controls the Data? Exploring the of consumer privacy, Sakshina Bhatt (MDP '22) & Barrett Redmond (MDP '22) argue that privacy must be treated as a right rather than a commodity.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3kOfB60

11/19/2021

"There is a general sense of loss and uncertainty among the women; they are all farmers, but they have no food. Fully aware of the paradoxical situation, at times they seem defeated by their lack of options." Our latest by Maria Villalpando, 2nd year MDP candidate.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3qR1q43

11/12/2021

The provision of is a considerable challenge for developing nations. Garret Dellwo (MPP 2022) argues that in democracies in the global South, governments must fund schools rather than outsourcing the responsibility to the private market.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3naOq6V

10/27/2021

The World Bank is adopting new financial programs to expand its social & humanitarian objectives. UC Berkeley undergraduate Sean O'Connell explores how these mechanisms have been put to use and what they might mean for the future of development economics.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3pFm9XX

10/19/2021

People have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline, but how many are aware of the eerily-similar Line 3 pipeline expansion project that restarted in Minnesota earlier this month?

Read more on “Why the Biden Admin Needs to Revoke the Federal Permit for Line 3” here: https://bit.ly/3n5D7M5

10/15/2021

"The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and has the capacity to absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide...If the Amazon is destroyed, it could become impossible to control global warming." -Kathryn White, MPA '22

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3lKRndH

09/10/2021

We are currently accepting submissions for our Spring 2022 print journal! Submissions for our print journal are due by Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Please send submissions to [email protected]!

We are currently taking blog submissions on a rolling basis! Please send submissions to berkeleypublicpolicyjournal@gmai...

08/28/2021

We are currently taking blog submissions on a rolling basis!

Please send submissions to [email protected]!

08/25/2021

The Biden administration was right to withdraw from Afghanistan, writes Ethan Azad (MPP 2022), but to help Afghans, the administration should do so directly by raising the global refugee cap.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3muBKI7

08/18/2021

We are back for the 2021-2022 school year! Our first blog this year is by Raina Kasera (class of 2023), who writes about the Iran nuclear deal, and the trade offs associated with reentering it.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3sqUBoB

04/16/2021

Flood analytics providers play a key role in government responses to disasters. 2021 MDP candidate Sri Ramesh offers three steps that analytics providers can take to track their impact and help improve disaster relief operations.

Read more here 👉🏽 https://bit.ly/32ngrgA

04/10/2021

Our latest blog by Asha DuMonthier!

"By the end of Feb. 2021, almost one million (994,000) renter households were behind on rent. Without intervention, it is likely that renters will accumulate between $2 billion and $8 billion of rent debt by mid-2021."

https://bit.ly/3s5dATR

03/24/2021

"In the midst of the pandemic, over a million Californians’ unemployment claims remained unprocessed as of October 2020. The main cause of this backlog was the time-consuming process of verifying claimants’ identity."

Click the link to check out our recent blog post by Jigyasa Sharma & Dr. Brandie Nonnecke on why governments should assess their AI maturity and readiness to increase their ROI.

https://bit.ly/3d1Wukf

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