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DEC 1, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Mercado Global Story
"Without fail, the women in every community I have ever worked with in rural Guatemala have asked me to help them find a market for ...
![Sadarghat, a main port in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Dhaka_2023-04-10-054947_vake.jpg?v=1721273057)
DEC 1, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Microfinance Moment
Over the last three decades, the popularity of microfinance has steadily increased. And now, with Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank winning the Nobel Peace Prize, ...
NOV 30, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: In Coherence Lies Opportunity
If global leaders are serious about reducing poverty, they are really talking about efforts to provide the world’s poor with the public goods and ...
![Kabul, Afghanistan <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28894487@N00/305012234/" target="_blank">Arash Absalan</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_Jere_Kabul_Afghanistan_2023-04-10-054950_argu.jpg?v=1721238770)
NOV 30, 2006 • Article
Van Dyk Diary: Kabul, November 2006
Jere Van Dyk reports on the current situation in Kabul, describing the changes since his first visit in 1970.
![Saul Garlick, founder of the Student Movement for Real Change](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/17474/garlick_2023-04-10-054953_taoc.jpg?v=1721253101)
NOV 28, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Student Movement for Real Change Story
Saul Garlick founded the Student Movement for Real Change to empower U.S. students to learn more about the Global South and to improve conditions ...
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NOV 21, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Putting Teeth in Corporate Social Responsibility
Keith Slack discusses how corporate social responsibility could become more effective by changing the incentives that govern corporate access to capital and markets.
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NOV 21, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Is Ethical Clothing No Sweat?
Irish rocker Bono announced in January the launch of Product RED, a venture designed to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis ...
![Entering Pakistan at the Torkham crossing from Afghanistan.<br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49441269@N00/174080935/" target="_blank">mbiturbo</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_Jere_Pakistan_Border_2023-04-10-055002_wrbm.jpg?v=1721238772)
NOV 20, 2006 • Article
Van Dyk Diary: Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar
Jere Van Dyk reports on the mood in Pakistan and the situation in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, scene of several aerial attacks ...
![The Good Fight](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/The-Good-Fight_2023-04-10-055005_rfnc.gif?v=1721241155)
NOV 17, 2006 • Article
REVIEW: The Good Fight
In the wake of the Democrats' return to power, Council Associate Marcus Roberts examines liberal foreign policy approaches through Peter Beinart's new book.
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NOV 14, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Ethical Metalsmiths Story
Ethical Metalsmiths is dedicated to increasing awareness of ethical issues in the mining industry, creating a market for metals and gemstones that are sourced and ...