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Microinequalities Inflicted on Women
CREDIT: U.S. Department of State.
Samantha Brennan, Christian Barry, Matt Peterson
Why is it that a woman can lead a country, yet women are slower to be served in coffee shops? In the West, women and men share equal status under the law. But in countless practical ways, women experience inequality on a daily basis. > More
Resolving the Food Crisis
CREDIT: Alun McDonald/Oxfam International (CC).
The recent spikes in global food prices served as a wake-up call to the global community, but what has really changed in the global policy response?
Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives
Fifteen case studies in 12 countries demonstrate that natural resource efficiency is possible in small-scale bioenergy initiatives, such as biodigesters and efficient stoves.
Capital Controls: Protectionism or Market Correction?
In the Myth of Financial Protectionism, Kevin Gallagher argues that capital controls tend to correct for market failures due to imperfect information, contagion, and uncertainty.
U.S. Free Trade Agreement Won't Benefit Colombia
CREDIT: Colombia Travel (CC).
The now-official U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will dampen growth and make it harder for Colombia to put in place policies for innovation and industrialization, writes Kevin Gallagher. Colombia will also have fewer tools to confront financial instability.
Enforcement Not Extinction
This position paper from the Environmental Investigation Agency outlines a range of global law enforcement strategies that are key to the survival of the wild tiger. Key among them is reducing demand for tiger and big cat parts.
The Nigerian Crucible
CREDIT: Surian Soosay (CC).
With a corrupt and rudderless government, Africa's most populous country has resumed its dance on the edge of the precipice. Its poor and powerless citizens are demanding transparency and accountability.
Solar Cells Built from Plant Waste
MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a vision that within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.
Acid Rain: Reflections on 20 Years of Policy Innovation
CREDIT: Numb Photo (CC).
This policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the world's first large-scale pollutant cap-and-trade system: the acid rain amendments to the Clean Air Act.
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