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INNOVATIONS
Fruits of Our Labor
Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani
Through patient cultivation of organic permaculture mango orchards, Adivasi families in India have been able to build sustainable income and connect to the larger processed food markets.
Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
CREDIT: World Bank (CC).
Seth Kaplan
The incoming president of the World Bank should create a more sophisticated system for classifying countries as low or middle income, using a broad swath of development indicators.
BRIEFINGS
EARTH DAY 2012: Resources from Carnegie Council
CREDIT: Sean Nel (CC).
These multimedia resources explore what it means to be sustainable; some practical solutions; the role of legislation; and finally, what we can learn from fictional visions of a climate-changed world.
 
Brazil as an Emerging Environmental Donor
CREDIT: Shell (CC).
Kathryn Hochstetler
Using the concept of solidarity diplomacy, Brazil is disseminating its own developmental innovations, including the biofuel technologies that have limited fossil fuels to just 53 percent of the Brazilian energy matrix.
 
 
COMMENTARY
A Moral Argument against the War on Drugs
CREDIT: USMC (CC).
Julian Savulescu, Bennett Foddy
The right to pursue pleasure gives us reason to legalize drugs, while addiction and self-harm fail to warrant prohibition. This moral argument bolsters the pragmatic case for ending the drug war.
 
Are Values a Lost Cause?
CREDIT: SEIU International (CC).
Mary C. Gentile
We are always alone with our values before we express them. Greg Smith bravely voiced his concerns when he resigned from Goldman Sachs. He was at a point of no return, but others can develop the skills to navigate tough choices within their organizations.
 
 
POLICY LIBRARY
Montreal and Kyoto: A Tale of Two Protocols
CREDIT: NASA Goddard (CC).
Cass Sunstein
If you want the United States to sign an international climate agreement, the benefits better outweigh the sacrifices, says Cass Sunstein. The Montreal ozone treaty was easier because even unilateral action was favorable.
 
World Happiness Report
CREDIT: Raj Kumar (CC).
Jeffrey Sachs
As knowledge increases, societies will have a growing basis for a new type of policy-making aimed at increasing happiness and reducing misery.
 
Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark
CREDIT: Rhys Davenport (CC).
Ha-Joon Chang
The current concept of development lacks a vision for transformation in the productive structure of society and can thus impede the move toward superior knowledge, technology, and institutions.
 
 

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