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![Afghan student in one of <a href="http://thechildrenofwar.org/web1/">The Children of War</a> schools (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/afghan_big_2023-04-10-054649_vcpz.jpg?v=1721237906)
JUN 20, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Child Labor in Afghanistan
Poverty and insecurity have prevented generations of Afghans from becoming educated, thrusting children into the labor market. If education is the key to breaking out ...
![Robert Zoellick (<a href="http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/index.php?action=materia&id=1045&submenu=1&itemmenu=10" target=_blank>PD</a>)](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/zoellick_2023-04-10-054652_gaiy.jpg?v=1721237908)
JUN 14, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Man Who Could Right the Trade-Development Imbalance
Few development advocates perceive Robert Zoellick as a man committed to making trade fairer for the world's poor. But he has long tried to realign ...
![Poor urban Zimbabweans were dumped in <br>the countryside during Operation <br>Murambatsvina (Drive Out Trash). Photo <br>by <a href="http://www.sokwanele.com">Sokwanele</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/zimbabwe_2023-04-10-054655_oaxb.jpg?v=1721245685)
JUN 11, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Promised Land in Zimbabwe and Venezuela
Land reform projects are designed to empower the poorest elements of society, but often go awry when implemented for political purposes. The negative impacts on ...
![Fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16216900@N00/174045778/" target=_blank>Edmond Meinfelder</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en-us" target=_blank>CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/fence_2023-04-10-054658_ejki.jpg?v=1721241348)
JUN 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Mending America's Broken Fence
There is a window of political opportunity in U.S. immigration policy: The House has passed a version of immigration reform and the Senate is ...
![Nuclear reactor in Delaware. Photo by <br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40769152@N00/446674057/">Jon Schladen</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/nuclear_2023-04-10-054701_qksc.jpg?v=1721244106)
JUN 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Splitting the Atomic Energy Debate
Interest in low-emission nuclear energy has mushroomed alongside rising energy prices and fear of climate change. But the picture of a green future is clouded ...
![Beijing, China](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_China_Torch_2023-04-10-054704_gepl.jpg?v=1721238742)
JUN 4, 2007 • Article
Next Year in Beijing?
When will China publicly acknowledge what really happened on June 4, 1989? Just as in Taiwan, change in China must surely come from within. But the rest ...
![Malaria mosquito. Photo courtesy of CDC (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Anopheles_stephensi.jpeg" target=_blank>PD</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/mosquito_2023-04-10-054722_lujh.jpg?v=1721244109)
MAY 31, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: WHO Pushes Pharmaceutical Innovation
The innovation gap is especially troubling in the pharmaceutical industry, where only a small portion of funding goes toward the diseases that disproportionately affect developing ...
MAY 23, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Successful Globalization Needed in Arab World
Over the next decade or so, the Arab world may experience population growth of 150 million people—the equivalent of adding two Egypts. Such rapid labor ...
MAY 18, 2007 • Article
U.S. Should Not Waver on U.K. Visa Policy
In the interests of security, should the U.S. end the visa waiver for British Muslims? The cost is far too high, says Frank Spring, ...
![Protest in Cairo. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/zarwan/153534199/">E. Zarwan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/egypt_protest_2023-04-10-054726_hngd.jpg?v=1721244111)
MAY 9, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Realist Democracy Promotion
Democracy's positive contributions to quality of life have caused some to elevate it to the status of a universal value. But universal value does not ...