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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djringer/274454009">David Ringer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 11, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Defining Environmental Migrants

As the world attempts to solve the growth in climate migrants and refugees, accurate and legally justifiable definitions will be a crucial first step.

Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderferret/1346167428/">wonderferret</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 9, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Obama's Grade on Trade: B

Beyond the uncertain fate of trade agreements left over from the Bush years, President Obama has yet to implement the promises for trade reform he ...

Manioc planted on a steep slope. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalvoyager/2873947932/">Nick Hobgood</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 9, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: A Permaculture Strategy for Haiti

Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute discusses how to strategize and deploy sustainable local food production across Haiti as part of earthquake relief and ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepatersonsphotos/1460346612/">Taylor Dundee</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 5, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Taking the Waves

An innovative tidal power installation off the coast of Scotland could help demonstrate the ocean's potential for delivering renewable energy.

FEB 3, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Immigration Administration Control in Japan

Japanese immigration policy seeks to balance the needs of migrants and refugees with the harmonious functioning of Japanese industry, society, and employment.

Barack Obama. Credit:  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2809826185/in/set-72157607021022453/" target=_blank">Barak Obama's Photostream </a>

FEB 1, 2010 Article

Obama and Democracy Assistance: Challenges and Responses

Although Obama has largely avoided the term democracy assistance, in fact he has delivered a considered and astute response to overcoming Bush's tarnished legacy--a response ...

JAN 26, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Managed Rights, Managed Migration

While international migration is yet to be seen as an international public good, the international regime for orderly movement of people may eventually become a ...

JAN 26, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Englishization of Higher Education in Asia and Migratory Flows of International Students

The Malaysian case of English-medium higher education represents what may be called a postcolonial pattern of English-mediated globalization wherein the old center-periphery arguments of linguistic ...

JAN 26, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Linking Ethics and Self-Interest in Human Mobility

The ethical and self-interested choice in migration policy is to seek liberalized and rationalized migration that combines positive incentives with clear and fair entry criteria ...

JAN 25, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Ethics of Undocumented Migration

Using fieldwork data through participant observation and interviews, this paper explains the causes of undocumented migration out of Fujian and explores the ethical frameworks within ...