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Poplar plantations are a potential source of <br>treethanol. Photo by Terry Bain (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

JUN 27, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Return to Trees for New Biofuel

Cellulosic ethanol, or "treethanol," is a promising new energy source with the potential to mitigate high gas prices, national security concerns, and global climate change. ...

: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng; A Novel

JUN 27, 2007 Article

"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Dave Eggers. "What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng; A Novel."

Autobiography or novel, this is the harrowing story of Deng's flight from the holocaust in Sudan, under constant threat of bombings, beasts, and human murderers, ...

JUN 27, 2007 Article

ROUNDTABLE: Blair's Ethical Legacy

"To view Blair through Iraq alone is to ignore his extraordinary legacy in the areas of liberal interventionism, international development and climate change," says Roberts, ...

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>).

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>)

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>).

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>).

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>).

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

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>).

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 ...