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Activists wanted nations to make bigger climate commitments at the Madrid COP-25 meeting, but the meeting’s real goal was agreeing on rules for pricing carbon pollution.
Le sociofinancement médical recueille des milliards de dollars chaque année - surtout pour ceux qui ont déjà de bons emplois et sont propriétaires de leur propre maison.
Medical crowdfunding raises billions of dollars annually – mostly for those who already have good jobs and own their own homes.
An Obama administration veteran offers some insights from his experience about driving massive increases in clean energy.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to double the price of petrol shows very poor judgement and bad leadership.
An economist breaks down results on two key issues at the COP24 climate change meeting: getting all nations to use the same measuring and reporting rules, and linking policies across borders.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is struggling to overcome the national economic destruction wreaked on Zimbabwe over two decades under Robert Mugabe.
Do you suspect the American voting system needs an overhaul? If so, you’re not alone.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed steps that would reduce economic benefits to society from new regulations. An economist who worked for Presidents Clinton and Obama calls this a strategy to justify deregulation.
Congress may have averted a shutdown, but don’t get too excited, warns a Harvard budget expert. The deal isn’t sustainable long term.
African countries, like Nigeria and Ethiopia, increased their food production using a system-wide approach, and not the traditional reliance on isolated projects.
Zimbabwe’s new leader needs to shake off his infamous reputation and the suspicion that he is merely another Mugabe in a younger frame.
Viewed against the odds of success in getting 55 countries to foster meaningful regional integration, Africa has made commendable progress in crafting its own creative approach.
In a remarkable extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election.
Jobs are not created or lost because of a single technology, but because of the business models designed to leverage the power of it.
There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment was widespread, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial starkly divided American opinion and stirred up a violent backlash around the world.
In past wars, taxes were increased to cover some of the extra spending. That’s not the case for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the costs are adding up fast.
Import bans in Africa are a poor substitute for the creation of incentives that enable
local producers to compete favourably.
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Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Project Director, Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA), Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Ph.D. Student in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
