How to Save the Planet: Stop Economic Growth
After decades of inaction, humanity faces potential extinction through an ecological collapse of its own making.1 Climate change, ocean acidification,
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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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African Solutions to African Problems? A Review
BY CHICHI ANYOKU AND MARC ANANI-ISAAC Since the dawn of the last century, progressive African visionaries have proffered that
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MEPI Revolutionizes U.S. Soft Power Engagement in the Middle East
BY ELLY ROSTOUM If you were given half a billion dollars, what would you do to advance democracy around
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New Tax Break Promises Opportunity—But for Whom?
BY ALYSSA DAVIS Although several U.S. cities and towns have undergone revitalization in the last decade, there are still many
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Can the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Bring Equity through Infrastructure?
BY MAX NATHANSON The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will change Pakistan. CPEC — a proposed network of highways, power plants,
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China’s Initiative of Building 1,000 Towns is in Danger of Becoming the Next Wave of Ghost Cities
BY BEN YUNMO WANG A massive government effort to build thousands of commercial-themed towns across China is off to a
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