Recent Articles
AUG 3, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Building Bioregional Politics for an Ecological Civilization
The developed countries need to learn to live more sustainably within the confines of the local resources available to them rather than exploiting the resources ...
AUG 2, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Open Source WikiHouse Disrupts Traditional Design
The WikiHouse open-source construction set enables users to download, modify, and share designs for small structures, which can then be assembled socially in about a ...
JUL 30, 2012 • Article
The Phone Hacking Scandal: Global Implications
The UK hacking scandal was a major breach of law and ethics. Yet too extreme a backlash runs the risk of throwing the baby out ...
JUL 27, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Do Language Policies Contribute to Poverty and Underdevelopment?
In least developed countries, language policy should aim to increase education, productivity, and cohesion, yet many countries have policies that work against these aims.
JUL 20, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fair Ideas for Saving the Planet
There were some glimpses of a sustainable future at IIED's Fair Ideas conference in Rio, but local innovations still need to scale up and penetrate ...
JUL 19, 2012 • Article
U.S.-Iran Relations: Exiting the Cul de Sac?
Leading a coalition in a relentless campaign of sanctions against Iran, the U.S. has the upper hand. Therefore it should make the first move ...
JUL 12, 2012 • Journal
Outreach, Impact, Collaboration: Why Academics Should Join to Stand Against Poverty
BY THOMAS POGGE AND LUIS CABRERA. What contributions can be made by academics to combat poverty?
JUL 12, 2012 • Journal
Navigating Between Extremes: Academics Helping to Eradicate Global Poverty
This article attempts to extract what we know and have learned about how best to accelerate the process of reducing extreme poverty, including what does ...
JUL 12, 2012 • Journal
Addressing Poverty and Climate Change: The Varieties of Social Engagement
In this article I propose to explore two issues. The first concerns what kinds of contributions academics can make to reducing poverty. I argue that ...
JUL 12, 2012 • Journal
Beyond Charity: Helping NGOs Lead a Transformative New Public Discourse on Global Poverty and Social Justice
This article looks at the role that Northern nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can play in engaging domestic publics in efforts to eradicate mass global poverty. There ...