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![Effective irrigation systems help boost crop quality and yield, lifting farmers out of poverty in rural Mexico.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/irrigation_2023-04-10-054729_tjix.jpg?v=1721237356)
MAY 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Hybrid Value Chains
Ashoka is forging ahead with sustainable enterprise through its Hybrid Value Chain program in rural Mexico. Farmers, citizen sector organizations, and corporations work together to ...
![The Flag of Iran](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_Iran_Flag_2023-04-10-054733_xelc.jpg?v=1721239522)
MAY 3, 2007 • Article
Revisiting Iran?
Is Iran's goal to achieve hegemony in the Persian Gulf and throughout the Middle East? Is that possibility sufficient cause for the U.S. to ...
![Anti-corruption billboard in Nigeria. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/blyth/141520433/" target=_blank>Mike Blyth</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/nigeria_2023-04-10-054736_risu.jpg?v=1721244114)
APR 30, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fragile Democracy in Resource-rich Nigeria
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria in April amid electoral chaos and mild violence. For the first time since the nation's independence in 1960, power was ...
APR 26, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Estados Unidos Debe Redefinir el Comercio Justo
Devin Stewart establece un esquema que reconcilia la libertad y la justicia para crear una politica comercial mas etica. En el ejercicio de alcanzar el ...
![May Day immigration rally. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jvoves/138555331/" target=_blank>Joseph Voves</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/immigration_2023-04-10-054739_yipf.jpg?v=1721251617)
APR 25, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Labor's Comparative Disadvantage
If you care about the hotly contested issues of trade and immigration, then you should know something about comparative advantage, the 200-year-old economic theory that ...
![Trade negotiations met with protest. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/23553050@N00/303489252/in/set-72157594387110179/">Chong Head</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/18059/korus_2023-04-10-054744_trqn.jpg?v=1721251619)
APR 17, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Discord over KORUS
NAFTA's defects show room for improvement in trade negotiations. Has the United States struck a fairer deal with South Korea?
APR 13, 2007 • Article
Fairness in Sovereign Debt
When can we say that a debt crisis has been resolved fairly? That is, what makes processes of debt restructuring, debt cancellation, or the enforcement ...
![Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/doctorow/135079520/" target=_blank>Cory Doctorow</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/tsukiji_2023-04-10-054747_bqip.jpg?v=1721240596)
APR 11, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Free Trade Means Empty Oceans
Rather than force poor nations to accept further liberalization of fisheries, rich countries must establish new rules for sustainable and equitable management of the oceans. ...
APR 9, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Greening U.S. Trade
President Bush is trying to pass trade bills with Panama, Peru, Colombia, and South Korea. Unfortunately, these treaties fall far short of a Congressional mandate ...
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APR 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: A West African Union
Debt relief will offer West African states short-term help, but a strong regional organization is needed to cure deep-rooted troubles. Local leaders must be given ...