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Introduction
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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October 20, 2009
Economic Crises
Global Imbalances, National Rebalancing, and the Political Economy of Recovery
Overview Global macroeconomic imbalances—massive borrowing by some countries and massive lending by others—drove the financial boom and bubble that eventually burst into the current crisis. These …
May 15, 2007
Health Policy and Initiatives
Is Male Circumcision the Key to Stopping the AIDS Epidemic?
Introduction The U.S. is in the midst of a five-year, $15 billion commitment to fight AIDS in developing countries. Despite that support, and billions of dollars from other sources, the AIDS pande…
October 18, 2012
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Overview The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks represent an attempt to link together at least nine countries in three continents to create a "high-quality, twenty-first century agreement." Suc…
September 30, 2012
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
More with Less
Overview Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant rem…
April 10, 2012
Health Policy and Initiatives
Incentives for Life
Overview Though developed countries have made great strides in tobacco control, tobacco use is increasing in many developing countries due to higher incomes, aggressive marketing by multinational …
