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An Opportunity in Myanmar  
Gabriele Köhler
International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)
01/09/12
As a country endowed with valuable resources, Myanmar is ripe for social and economic innovation. A decent work and social protection agenda combined with an industrial strategy would help it through its time of political transition.

Protecting Nature's Nomads  
Achim Steiner
Project Syndicate
11/28/11
Since the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species entered into force in 1983, it has led to agreements to conserve more than 26 creatures, so that future generations can also marvel at these nomads of the natural world.

Can We Build Better Health?  
Peter Williams
ARCHIVE
10/27/11
An open innovation design competition in Haiti has yielded housing prototypes that can improve ventilation and potentially reduce the transmission of infectious diseases.

Ecuador to World: Pay Up, or the Forest Gets It  
Eric Chivian, Rigoberta Menchú
Project Syndicate
10/11/11
The trust fund to protect Ecuador's rain forest needs $100 million by the end of the year, or else the call for oil drilling will become unstoppable. The international community must not let this happen.

The Case for New Measures of Growth and Prosperity  
Sean McGuire 10/06/11
A front-line implementer of the Genuine Progress Indicator explains his epiphany of seeing GDP growth diverge from alternative measures of well-being.

Happy Park(ing) Day 2011  
Dani Simons
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
09/16/11
Urban advocates, planners, officials, and artists join forces each September to install miniature parks and pop-up cafes in parking spaces normally reserved for cars.

The Fishery Pirates  

Project Syndicate
09/07/11
The United States and Europe signed a historic agreement to cooperate against the global scourge of pirate fishing through better monitoring and enforcement.

States Find New Ways to Encourage Energy Efficiency  
07/27/11
Instead of mandating a minimum investment in energy-efficiency programs, policymakers are designing incentives that reward utilities with new revenue for meeting or exceeding conservation goals.

In Defense of Fair Hiring  
Erin Klett
Verité
07/22/11
Verité's new Fair Hiring Toolkit is a clearinghouse of tools and techniques for managing labor brokers and protecting migrant workers from exploitation during recruitment.

A Global Minimum Wage System  
Thomas Palley 07/21/11
A global minimum wage system would establish a set of rules for determining local minimum wages, and it would reconnect wages with productivity growth.

Legislating Transparency in the Extractive Sector  
Kathryn M. Martorana
Oxfam America
07/12/11
The SEC has an opportunity to demonstrate that the United States takes transparency and accountability seriously and intends to act as a global leader in fostering secure, equitable, long-term resource partnerships with developing nations.

The Dance 4 Peace Story  
Sara Potler
Dance 4 Peace
07/11/11
From Bogota to the Bronx, Dance 4 Peace is teaching young people the empathy and social skills they need to promote peace in their communities.

Fixing Our Broken Oceans  
Achim Steiner, Joshua Reichert
Project Syndicate
06/20/11
Marine management remains a fragmented patchwork of national and international bodies, with separate and often overlapping jurisdictions, and no global accountability.

Bike to the Future  
Justin Gerdes
chinadialogue
06/09/11
Though their ridership stats are heading in opposite directions, China and San Francisco are both committed to bicycle policy innovations.

A French Cure for the Resource Curse  
George Soros
Project Syndicate
06/08/11
The campaign to ensure that extractive industries disclose all payments in their host countries is gaining momentum, and France is leading the effort.

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