The legacy of microfinance: does it live up to its hype?
BY NOURHAN SHAABAN AND FARAH EREIQAT The origin story of microfinance began with Muhammad Yunus, a Professor of Economics
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Not So Plum: The Shortcomings of the Plum Book and Tracking Political Appointments
BY AMANDA PATARINO Introduction “Personnel is policy” was a popular motto in the Reagan administration. Today, the phrase continues
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Past the Pilot Stage: Policy Makers Must Consider Impacts of Police Body-Worn Cameras beyond Accountability
BY KATIE MILLER In September 2013, attorney Scott Greenwood of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said of police
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Using Blockchain for Immutable Mediation and Autonomous Governance
BY WILL HICKEY Introduction Blockchain is the decentralized system that underpins cryptocurrencies. It offers a secure and impartial platform
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Government as a Platform: How Policy Makers Should Think about the Foundations of Digital Public Infrastructure
BY DAVID EAVES, RICHARD POPE AND BEN MCGUIRE For all the promise of digital government, it has done very
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State Influence and Technical Standards
BY JULIA VOO “If you control an industry’s standards, you control that industry lock, stock and ledger.”[1] What
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Borrowing a Column from Thomas Jefferson: The Architecture of National Security Risks
In exploring what constitutes an existential risk – something that threatens the extinction of intelligent life – we evaluate the significance of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat both naturally occurring and manmade.
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