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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.newseum.org/news/2007/12/110-years-ago-in-news-history---yes--virginia--there-is-a-santa-claus-.html">Newseum</a>.

JAN 18, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Yes, Virginia, there is a Corporate Social Responsibility

Riffing on the famous 1897 Sun editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," Frederick argues that the larger purpose of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocacy ...

Rooster

JAN 16, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Remember Bird Flu?

While the spread of the dreaded H5N1 virus across Southeast Asia garnered much press coverage in 2005, the topic seemed to slip off the radar ...

Dice

JAN 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Public Interest Demands Hedge Fund Rules

We regulate hedge funds as if they were so many child-operated lemonade stands, but in fact they are playing an economic role more like McDonald's.

JAN 11, 2007 Article

The UN at 60: Still Misunderstood

Carnegie Council Executive Editor John Tessitore explodes five common myths and misconceptions about the UN.

Three Gorges Dam. CREDIT: <a href="www.flickr.com/photos/pvcg/3412711352/" target="_blank"> Pedro Vásquez Colmenares</a>

JAN 10, 2007 Article

Ethics Be Dammed? China's Water Projects

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 ...

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JAN 9, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Food for the Hungry Story

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 ...

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JAN 8, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Instituto Promundo Story

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 ...

Jerry Sternin

JAN 5, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Positive Deviance Initiative Story

Policy Innovations interviews Jerry Sternin of the Positive Deviance Initiative.

CREDIT: All photos &copy; 2008 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alejocock/3015161245/">Alejandro Cock-Peláez</a>.

JAN 2, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Green Gold Story

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 ...

Smog over Shanghai

DEC 28, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: China's Catch 22

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 ...