MAR 25, 2010 • Article
Global Economic Policy and Human Rights: Three Sites of Disconnection
In this critical post-financial crisis period, Margot Salomon of LSE underscores the demands that international human rights law place on a more ethical form of ...
MAR 22, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Obama's "New" Trade Policy: What Happened to Multilateralism?
The Obama administration's new trade agenda shows little consideration for developing countries and may hurt the United States in the long run.
MAR 17, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Xenophobia Tests National Legitimacy
The connection between xenophobic sentiments and national identity calls into question the legitimacy of nations in an era of increasing migration and multiculturalism.
MAR 16, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Slums: The Future
With an unconventional planning methodology, the Urban Think Tank envisions solutions for the barrio communities of Caracas.
MAR 12, 2010 • Article
Toyota and the End of Japan
Toyota's fall from grace caps a 20-year economic malaise that is infecting the popular culture, manifesting itself in a preference for staying home, avoiding risk.
MAR 12, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Basic Income Grants Alleviate Poverty in Namibia
Promising results from a pilot program in Namibia indicate that basic income grants may help poor regions jolt the poverty cycle with jobs and education.
MAR 12, 2010 • Article
Is Japan Giving Up?
Just as the success of Toyota Motor was a symbol of Japan's confidence on the world stage in the 1980s, the automobile company's recent troubles ...
MAR 1, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Public Procurement with a Conscience
Although efforts to adopt decent labor standards through free trade agreements are stymied on the international level, a network of activists are working to make ...