Recent Articles
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...