OCT 13, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Reversing Babel
Nikolas K. Gvosdev, editor of The National Interest, discusses the emergence of English as globalization’s lingua franca and the moral implications of greater ease ...
OCT 13, 2006 • News
The Council Salutes Muhammad Yunus, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Muhammad Yunus and the organization he founded, Grameen Bank, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 13, 2006. They pioneered microcredit loans—small loans extended to ...
OCT 13, 2006 • Article
China's New-Rich and Global Responsibility
China's authorities have recently come under fire from foreign governments and human rights groups for Chinese business practices in other countries. Eisenman and Stewart delve ...
OCT 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Development and the WTO: Two Separate Undertakings
Liem Giok In asserts that developing countries must claim their own negotiation space in global trade talks. She proposes a two-track approach to multilateral negotiations: ...
OCT 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Camel Milk Travels from the Desert to the Dairy
As a solution that derives from local knowledge and is adapted to the native climate, camel-milk harvesting presents an opportunity to alleviate hunger while establishing ...
OCT 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From the Desert to the Dairy: Interview with Camel-Milk Entrepreneur Nancy Abeiderrahmane
Interview with Nancy Abeiderrahmane, founder of a camel milk dairy in Mauritania that is using local knowledge and resources to spur economic development and fight ...
OCT 11, 2006 • Podcast
The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
Professor Philip Jenkins argues that by the year 2025, Africa and Latin America will have the largest number of Christians in the world. According to Jenkins, ...
OCT 5, 2006 • Podcast
Making Globalization Work
Economist Joseph Stiglitz offers new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, including a plan to restructure the global financial system, ideas for ...