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Why a Focus on Inequality in Fragile States Is Wrong

Many in the development field think that reducing inequality in poor countries should be a high priority, but this reflects a misunderstanding of the problems poor people face in fragile states, and the steps that would help them. > More

Innovations

Doing Development Better

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Dani Rodrik

Does the development spark reside in bottom-up projects, or do macro-level economists have all the answers? The best recent work indicates a convergence of the two camps around diagnostic, pragmatic, experimental, and context-specific strategies.

Audio

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

Steve Coll

With annual revenue equal to the GDP of Norway, ExxonMobil is a powerful and secretive company, says Steve Coll. He looks at its relationship with the U.S. government in this Public Affairs program.

Commentary

After Austerity

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Joseph Stiglitz

There is no example of a large economy recovering as a result of austerity. Meanwhile, society's most valuable asset, its human capital, gets wasted and destroyed. Fortunately, there are alternative strategies.

Innovations

The World Needs a Renewable Development Index

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Alexander Ochs, Evan Musolino

Worldwatch is partnering with IRENA to help governments develop policies that can best utilize renewable energy's potential for national growth and development.

Policy Library

Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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Nancy Birdsall, Michele de Nevers

Climate change adaptation finance is not development assistance. If adaptation transfers are to be effective and sustained, the habits, culture, and practices of traditional aid programs need to be set aside.

Policy Library

Myths and Facts: The German Switch from Nuclear to Renewables

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Will Germany have to import nuclear power from other countries? Aren't renewables raising the cost of power in Germany? Craig Morris answers these and other pressing questions about Germany's energy transition.

Video

The Rise of Benefit Corporations

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Economist Robert J. Shiller explains the rise of benefit corporations, an innovative new type of organization that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.

Video

4 Commandments for Future Cities

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In this TED talk, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes lays out his four commandments for the future of cities: environment, mobility, social integration, technology.