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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 23, 2015
Americas
Leveraging Tech Innovations in Development
Over the past decade, technology has begun to revolutionize industries ranging from education and healthcare to financial services and commerce. These transformations are not limited to the developed…
September 23, 2020
Health
Academic Webinar: Global Health During COVID-19
Ilona Kickbusch, founding director and chair of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, discusses global health during COVID-19. FASK…
January 30, 2007
Financial Markets
Hey big spender (or why conservation is perhaps a bit more than just a personal virtue) ….
In the past, I have noted that oil exporters saved rather than spent the windfall from the surge in oil prices. The IMF calculated that the average oil producer in the Middle East “spent” 30% and …
March 26, 1999
Afghanistan
Testimony on the Situation in Afghanistan Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Recent Events and Political Actors in AfghanistanFor policy recommendations, see text of oral testimony1. INTRODUCTION: SUMMARY OVERVIEW1On August 8, 1998, the Taliban (Islamic student) movement of A…
February 2, 2005
Iraq
IRAQ: The interim government leaders
This publication is now archived. Who are the new Iraqi leaders?The members of the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) were appointed June 1 by U.N. Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. They were selected after…