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AUG 18, 2006 • Article
The Paris Club at 50: Solution to the Debt Problem or Symbol of it?
The Paris Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 2006. This is a suitable opportunity for rich creditor governments to acknowledge the deeply rooted ethical shortcomings ...
AUG 18, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Valuing and Validating Nonpaid Work
If people, instead of raw growth, were the focus of our economic thinking, then nonmarket activities would assume their proper value in our understanding of ...
AUG 7, 2006 • Article
Democracy Cannot be Imposed by Force
While democratic states tend to protect their own citizens and tend to be more peaceful, does it follow that democratic systems ought to be imposed ...
JUL 28, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diffusing Censorship: Blogging in Iran
The 1979 Islamic revolution and subsequent takeover of the U.S embassy in Tehran isolated Iran from many countries politically and economically, but government censorship of ...
JUL 25, 2006 • Article
The False Dilemma of the Sweatshop
Poorer countries can avoid a trade-off between enhancing labour standards and taking full advantage of job-creating production and trading opportunities if current international trade rules ...