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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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May 3, 2012
Education
Starbucks, Charity, and Job Creation: An Odd Mix That Could Actually Work
I am rarely surprised when I go to Starbucks. The coffee is always about the same (good), and the menu of pastry items is thoroughly predictable (and not so good). But the other day, amidst the CDs a…
May 14, 2012
North Korea
Information Penetration and North Korean Regime Survival
The conventional wisdom is that there could be nothing more dangerous to North Korea’s current leadership than the penetration of information into North Korea from the outside world. A new empirical…
July 17, 2012
Infrastructure
Reviving the Economy of America's Small Towns: Is It Possible?
DAVIS, WV -- Can American small towns be revived? And is this something governments should even try to be doing? I’ve been pondering these questions on a brief working escape from this year’s especia…
November 16, 2012
Foreign Aid
Question of the Week: U.S. Foreign Aid and the Election
What does the election mean for U.S. foreign aid? Question of the Week posts review important questions and controversies in global development by providing background information and links to a ful…
November 28, 2012
Japan
Is Japan in Decline?: A Conversation
This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. Japan is now in…
