The social generation poses some unique problems for marketers.

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Some of the problems facing the social work profession in particular had become clear - too much time taken up with form filling, a shortage of front-line staff and increasing caseloads.

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Inspectors were sent into Haringey to make their assessments and concluded that although there were some problems with a shortage of social workers in Haringey and with the speed in which children's cases were picked up, they judged child protection in Haringey to be "adequate".

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So who better than a man who has made his reputation applying quantitative methods to slippery social problems to give the movement some substance?

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Second, while privatisation may generate greater returns for some individuals than Social Security, it cannot solve the funding problems that already exist.

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The Social Security Administration has tried to fix some of these problems.

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With some childhood conditions, like autism or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, social problems are one of the primary characteristics of the disorder.

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There would have to be consideration of some way of embracing head-in-the-cloud answers to social problems that are usually dismissed by policymakers as academic naivete.

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Despite having a normal family and social life, studying and working like any other young women, they do face some additional problems.

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Pena Nieto has stressed that fixing social and economic problems will foster peace in Mexico, and he's made some security policy shifts.

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