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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jj_judes/346850124/" target=_blank>JJ Judes</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us" target=_blank>CC</a>).

JUL 17, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Who's to Blame for Brain Drain?

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 ...

Innovative governance in Kenya. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/lauren_pressley/281456394/">Lauren Pressley</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

JUL 16, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Corruption Ebbs in Africa

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 ...

Constitutions reflect the role of political <br>power because they provide a balance <br>between competing interests, writes Lang.

JUL 16, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rules for Globalization's Unruliness

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 ...

Spraying insecticide house-to-house in <br>Zanzibar. Source: Kimberly Wylie, <br>USAID/Tanzania (<a href="http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/countries/index.html">PD</a>).

JUL 11, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Freedom from Malaria for All

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 ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/73594239@N00/19292543/">Cesar Aponte</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

JUL 11, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Cap and (Fair) Trade

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 ...

Bugle call

JUL 3, 2007 Article

Who Will Sound the Call to Service?

"If we are to survive as a nation with our values intact, then we must find leaders willing to make the call. Leaders who will ...

JUL 2, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Chinese Sexual Culture

Devin Stewart interviews sociologist James Farrer about a recent conference in Beijing on sexuality and implications for human rights and civil society in China.

JUL 1, 2007 Journal

Summer 2007 (21.2)

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, ...