NOV 18, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Electric Jeepneys Challenge a Philippine Icon
The Philippine passenger jeepney has started to shed its image as a smoke-belching, eardrum-busting public utility vehicle. Originally fashioned out of WWII American military jeeps, ...
OCT 22, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rats and Robots Sniff Out Landmines
A small-but-growing number of private humanitarian efforts, some using rats and robots, are helping to address the global problem of landmines.
OCT 15, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Green Jobs Transition Must Accelerate
Jobs will be created by the transition from a high-carbon economy to an energy-efficient one, but the transformation will have to be rapid and global ...
OCT 14, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Remittances Take a Hit
A weak dollar, a flattening globe, and resurgent inflation are decreasing financial transfers from overseas workers, commonly known as remittances.
SEP 26, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Northeast Puts on the Carbon Cap
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could give northeastern states an advantage over other states if a nationwide cap-and-trade system emerges.
SEP 24, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Peace Breaks Out in the Taiwan Strait
While the world's attention is focused on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia, a little-observed positive trend is taking place on the other side of ...
AUG 14, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Cogeneration Can Slash Carbon and Costs
At home or on the city level, cogeneration of electricity and heat is one of the most promising means of using existing technologies to increase ...
JUL 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fuel Costs Clip Airline Wings
The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of ...