Policy Paper: Fairly Trading the World's Timber .jpg)
Reducing timber loss through responsible management of the world’s forest stock has the power to reduce poverty, conflict, and greenhouse gases. This policy paper details efforts to date and provides comprehensive proposals for much needed action.
Age of Greed
WPI Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick describes the history of how greed has bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them. He recounts the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth that has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns.
World Policy Institute - The Program on Citizenship and Security
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PROGRAM ON CITIZENSHIP & SECURITY
Upcoming Events
November 12, 2008: White House Project, World Policy Institute, and SheSource.org will present a panel discussion on When Guns and Bombs Fall Short: Human Security Challenges for the Next President, with Patricia DeGennaro, Dana Fisher, and Sakiko Fukada-Parr.
Recent Events
October 24, 2008: WPI Senior Fellow Kavitha Rajagopalan discussed her book Muslims of Metropolis, which explores how broad political issues, like nationalist conflict, immigration reform, and antiterrorism strategies, affect the lives of Muslim migrants.
September 11, 2008: The World Policy Institute and Demos hosted a discussion on Immigration and Globalization with authors Rinku Sen and David Bacon. September 9, 2008: The World Policy Institute and Demos hosted The Costs of Counterterrorism, a discussion author Laura Donohue and moderator and project leader Belinda Cooper. September 17-19, 2008 : Michele Wucker was a Speaker and Panel Moderator at the "European Governance of Migration" conference in Berlin.
September 16, 2008 : Michele Wucker was a Speaker at "Migration and Democracy: The Political Role of Minorities in the United States and Germany" conference in Berlin.
June 6, 2008: WPI Senior Fellow Swadesh M. Rana led the panel discussion Deweaponization and Civil Society at the Annual Conference of the Academic Council of the UN System, "The United Nations and the Global Development Architecture." The conference was held in Bonn, Germany. February 29, 2008: The World Policy Institute co-sponsored With Liberty and Justice for All: Noncitizens and Democratic Rights, a panel hosted by the National Lawyers Guild of New York University, NYU Law Students for Human Rights, NYU School of Law. Michele Wucker discussed "Constitutional Borderlands and the Meaning of Citizenship. March 23-25, 2006: In partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the Program on Citizenship & Security hosted Immigration and Security: European Challenges and International Perspectives.
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