Articles & Reports

JUL 26, 2007 • Article

Devin Stewart interviews blogger, filmmaker, and scholar Andrew Field on the globalization of music in China and what it's like to document the living history ...

JUL 25, 2007 • Article

The global cosmetics industry is booming and the organic market is the next frontier. But in a sector built on a foundation of eternal youth, ...

JUL 23, 2007 • Article

As more and more World Bank and USAID money is spent on complex anticorruption programs, business can lead the way in the fight against corruption ...

JUL 23, 2007 • Article

Banks and cell phone companies are taking advantage of new handset technology and the expansion of cell phone use in developing economies to extend financial ...

JUL 20, 2007 • Article

Addressing climate change is a common interest, says Joel Rosenthal, and thinking in terms of individual responsibility and the liability of specific actors is insufficient. ...

JUL 17, 2007 • Article

The lure of wealth and opportunity elsewhere leaves labor-exporting economies in a self-reinforcing bind: How to develop when the best and brightest routinely set out ...

JUL 16, 2007 • Article

The World Bank reports that corruption is on the wane in Africa. Devin Stewart interviews Nairobi-born publisher Laurance Allen about the progress he has seen ...

JUL 16, 2007 • Article

Globalization provides a unique opportunity to rethink the rules of the international system. One way to combine the need for rules with the need for ...

JUL 11, 2007 • Article

The G8 reaffirmed its commitment to fighting malaria in Africa, where 90 percent of malaria deaths occur. Freedom from malaria should not be denied to sub-Saharan ...

JUL 11, 2007 • Article

Climate change is rising on the agenda in many world capitals due in part to the emergence of market-based mechanisms and their embrace by both ...