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Not your average cup of joe, GULDEN coffee engages in Direct Trade with farmers in Valle de Cauca, Colombia.

NOV 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Gulden Coffee Story

Not your average cup of joe, GULDEN coffee differentiates itself from large producers by specialty roasting and Direct Trade practices that bring the company in ...

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

NOV 1, 2007 Article

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Necessary World Efforts Prior to a U.S.-sponsored Conference

Wadlow suggests three points that the world community should press the U.S. to include in the upcoming conference: Hamas should be invited; a wider ...

Solar cell on a parking meter in Seattle. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/drmartin/1407097573/" target=_blank>Daniel Reed Martin</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us" target=_blank>CC</a>).

OCT 31, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Blueprint for Today's Sustainability

Today's sustainability builds CSR and environmental awareness on brand value and the bottom line. But what are companies actually doing to achieve this? The good ...

CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.ianwatkinson.co.uk/" target=_blank>Ian Watkinson</a>.

OCT 30, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Shaping the Change

Evan O'Neil talks with Dr. Manuel "Butch" Montes of the UN's Financing for Development Office about well-being, trade negotiations, and social change in the Asian ...

OCT 29, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Searching for the Ethical Blogger

Blogs have evolved into a powerful sociopolitical force capable of shaping opinion, breaking news, and giving a voice to the voiceless. But with great chatter ...

CREDIT: <a href="hhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chpaquette/3831458987/">Christopher Paquette</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 25, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Local Produce vs. Global Trade

Food policy based on think global, buy local may create contradictory choices when it comes to helping the environment and poor-country farmers.

A tanker tossed ashore in Australia. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rainforest/560362387/">Jer Min Kok</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 24, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Has Trade Run Aground?

As astonishing as it seems, globalization is playing better in Pretoria than in Peoria. Two recent surveys show Western attitudes toward global trade hardening even ...

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has <br>called for a timeout on trade agreements. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/83681952@N00/744250138/">Llima Orosa</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: ROUNDTABLE: Future of U.S. Trade Policy

With Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton calling for a "timeout" on future free trade agreements and support for free trade waning among Republicans, Policy Innovations asked ...

Cover image, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization, by Nayan Chanda

OCT 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Impulse to Truck and Trade

Devin Stewart interviews YaleGlobal Online editor Nayan Chanda about his new book, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/integralfocus/83966554/">Jake Brewer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Merck's Dubai Ethics Center

Resolute ethical business standards can be a distinct bottom-line liability for companies operating in environments where corruption is more the rule than the exception. To ...