Issues in Brief Series

Issues in Brief The Role of Microbiology in Sustainable Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities By Jason Samaroo No. 043, October 2024	Issues in Brief Between Cohesion and Control: Shequ Governance during China’s Zero-COVID By Xuyi Zhao No. 042, June 2024
Issues in Brief Engaging Communities Through the Arts: A Proposed Framework and Model in Public Health Initiatives By Marial Williams No. 041, June 2021	Issues in Brief Changing Conservation Behavior by Changing the Behavior of Conservation Programs By Kira Sullivan-Wiley No. 040, September 2020
Issues in Brief New Perspectives on the Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) By Emily S. Klein and Les Kaufman No. 039, August 2020	Issues in Brief Demography is not Destiny: The Faulty Link Between Population and Development By Kristen Carey No. 038, July 2019
Issues in Brief The Informal Sector and Universal Health Coverage: Crucial Considerations By Lawrence P. O. Were No. 037, June 2019	Issues in Brief Agricultural Diversity Across Scales: Key to Building a Resilient Global Food System By John Patrick Casellas Connors No. 036, March 2019
Issues in Brief Governance Issues in China’s Food Sufficiency vs. Virtual Water Debate By Junda Jin No. 035, September 2017	Issues in Brief Conspicuously Absent: Shipping Emissions in Climate Change Policy By Rebecca Cowing No. 034, March 2017
Issues in Brief Diffusion of Microfinance in Development: The Role of U.S. Philanthropic Foundations By Emily Bryant No. 033, February 2017	Issues in Brief Transboundary Threats in the Mekong Basin: Protecting a Crucial Fishery By Irit Altman No. 032, January 2017
Issues in Brief Improving Women’s Reproductive Health in India by Educating Men and Families By Maanasa Venkatesh No. 031, March 2016	Issues in Brief Smallholder Challenges in the Growing Palm Oil Industry By Laurie Wissler No. 030, May 2015
Issues in Brief Five Challenges to the Future of Transboundary Water Governance By Leeann Sullivan No. 029, August 2014	Issues in Brief The Minimata Convention and the Future of Mercury Abatement By Henrik Selin No. 028, October 2013
Issues in Brief Water Resources Development: Engineering the Future of Global Health By Diana R. Gergel No. 027, March 2013	Issues in Brief The IMF’s New View on Financial Globalization: A Critical Assessment By Kevin Gallagher No. 026, December 2012
Issues in Brief Religion, Social Movements, and Zones of Crisis in Latin America By Jeffrey Rubin, David Smilde, and Benjamin Junge No. 025, November 2012	Issues in Brief Global Financial Reform and Trade Rules: The Need for Reconciliation By Kevin Gallagher and Leonardo Stanley No. 024, September 2012
Issues in Brief Free Trade and Inclusive Development: Lessons from the Indian Experience By Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri No. 023, April 20 12	Issues in Brief Capital Account Regulations for Stability and Development: A New Approach By Kevin P. Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones and José Antonio Ocampo No. 022, November 2011
Issues in Brief Adulthood Denied: Youth Dissatisfaction and the Arab Spring By M. Chloe Mulderig No. 021, October 2011	Issues in Brief Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of Art and the Media By Miquel Muñoz and Bernd Sommer No. 020, February 2011
Issues in Brief The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting By Matthew Maguire No. 019, January 2011	Issues in Brief China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization By Kevin Gallagher No. 018, October 2010
Issues in Brief Complex Natural Disasters and the Role of the University By Enrique Silva No. 017, October 2010	Issues in Brief Call for a Corporate Social Conscience Index By Stephanie Watts No. 016, September 2010
Issues in Brief Mapping the Complexity of Higher Education in the Developing World By Muhammad Hamid Zaman, Adil Najam and David K. Campbell No. 015, May 2010	Issues in Brief Diplomacy is Stalling: How the G20 Can Catch Up with the World By Ambassador Paul Webster Hare No. 014, April 2010
Issues in Brief Envisioning Africa’s Future: A Story of Changing Perceptions By Julius Gatune Kariuki No. 013, March 2010	Issues in Brief Beyond the Resource Curse: Minerals and Global Development By Saleem H. Ali No. 012, January 2010
Issues in Brief The Changing Shape of Malnutrition: Obesity in sub-Saharan Africa By Arianna Fogelman No. 011, December 2009	Issues in Brief A Call for a Resilience Index for Health and Social Systems in Africa By Astier Almedom No. 010, October 2009
Issues in Brief Preferential Trade Agreements: Free Trade at What Cost? By Rachel Denae Thrasher No. 009, September 2009	Issues in Brief Learning From the Past: The Future of Malaria in Africa By Melissa Graboyes No. 008, June 2009
Issues in Brief Food Crises in Developing Countries: The Role of National Governance By Abid Qaiyum Suleri No. 007, May 2009	Issues in Brief Seeing Hunger through New Eyes: From Lack to Possibility By Frances Moore Lappe No. 006, April 2009
Issues in Brief Sustainable Development in Africa: Agriculture, Trade and Climate Change By Kati Kulovesi No. 005, March 2009	Issues in Brief Transportation in Mega-Cities: A local issue, a global question By Nadaa Taiyab No. 004, November 2008
Issues in Brief The Future of Space Exploration: The Next 50 Years By Supriya Chakrabarti No. 003, October 2008	Issues in Brief Fostering South-South Research Collaborations By Athar Osama No. 002, September 2008
Issues in Brief The Future of the WTO By Kevin Gallagher No. 001, April 2008