Articles & Reports

JAN 10, 2007 • Article

While the World Bank has greatly reduced its loans for large dams,the Chinese are going full-speed ahead with a spate of dam projects, both ...

JAN 9, 2007 • Article

Every year, nearly 11 million children die before they reach the age of five. Malnutrition underlies an estimated 60 percent of these deaths. However, local solutions, which ...

JAN 8, 2007 • Article

Since 1999, Promundo, a Brazilian NGO, has been carrying out research in a variety of countries to understand how it is that some men and boys ...

JAN 5, 2007 • Article

Policy Innovations interviews Jerry Sternin of the Positive Deviance Initiative.

JAN 2, 2007 • Article

The Certified Green Gold Program (GGP) provides a sustainable development alternative to underprivileged communities by fostering fair trade practices and ten certification criteria as a ...

DEC 28, 2006 • Article

Here's the situation. You are a booming country that has garnered nearly double-digit GDP growth rates every year over the past decade. But to sustain ...

DEC 25, 2006 • Article

Remittances from migrants and foreign workers have skyrocketed in recent years as technological advances have made it easier to wire mom and dad a few ...

DEC 21, 2006 • Article

Many African governments perceive China as a welcome counterpoint to the United States and the West in general, especially when the latter criticizes African human ...

DEC 20, 2006 • Article

The Kyoto Protocol took effect on February 16, 2005, as the first legally binding environmental treaty committed to reducing greenhouse emissions. But the United States, the world's ...