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JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Rethinking Central Bank Accountability in Uncertain Times
As the dust has settled following the 2008 financial crisis and the economic dislocations that ensued, it has become clear that central banks have gained considerably ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Should We Take the "Human" Out of Human Rights? Human Dignity in a Corporate World
In recent years philosophical discussions of human rights have focused on the question of whether “humanist” and “political” conceptions of human rights are genuinely incompatible ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Lost in Transformation? The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, the world’s leaders adopted a new suite of development goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—that are to guide policymakers for the ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Transformative Equality: Making the Sustainable Development Goals Work for Women
It is generally agreed by most observers that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have fallen short of achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Today, ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Equality as a Global Goal
The MDGs were often criticized for having a “blind spot” with regard to inequality and social injustice. Worse, they may even have contributed to entrenched ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
Accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals: A Lost Opportunity?
The question of accountability—or, more precisely, the question of how governments will be held to account for implementing the commitments made in this new ...
JUN 10, 2016 • Journal
The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Humanitarian Drones
What comes to mind when we hear the word “drone”? For many of us, it is the image of a General Atomics MQ-1B Predator ...
JUN 9, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: A Conversation with Sarah Chayes on Corruption and Global Security
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Carnegie Endowment's Sarah Chayes discusses corruption in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Egypt, and beyond. In this excerpt, Chayes, the author of "...
JUN 8, 2016 • Podcast
Ukraine Update
David Speedie discusses with Dr. Nicolai Petro the situation in Ukraine--political, economic, and the growing civil conflict between East and West--two years into the Poroshenko ...
JUN 6, 2016 • Podcast
How Rights for Indigenous Peoples Can Save the Environment
From Greenland to Kenya, indigenous peoples are fighting for their land against governments, corporations, and climate change. UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, herself an indigenous ...