Author: Lisa Schirch
Keough School of Global Affairs, March 2024
Deliberative technologies offer policymakers, think tanks, tech companies, and civil society new paths to stem the tide of democratic backsliding. This brief recommends using deliberative technologies to: Foster more robust civic engagement Build trust in public institutions by aligning governance with public will Improve...
Topics: Governance, Policy
Author: Barbara Durr
Keough School of Global Affairs, March 2024
Between 2015 and 2017, Oxfam, the international social justice organization, waged a campaign against the US poultry industry to seek better wages, healthy and safe working conditions, and worker voice for poultry processing workers. These workers, predominantly women and almost all people of color,...
Topics: Business & Economics, Civil & Human Rights, Culture & Society
Authors: David Cortright, Anna Romandash
Keough School of Global Affairs, February 2024
In response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, developed democracies have imposed thousands of restrictions on Russian energy exports, international financing, and imports of weapons and military-related technology, with the goal of reducing state revenues and constraining the capacity for continued war. The sanctions have...
Topics: Peacebuilding, Policy
Author: Barbara Durr
Keough School of Global Affairs, April 2023
Between 2013 and 2016, Oxfam waged an ambitious campaign to challenge the world’s top 10 food and beverage companies to change the social, ethical, and environmental sourcing in their global supply chains. The campaign bargained on the large, branded companies’ susceptibility to consumer pressure,...
Topics: Culture & Society
Authors: Nancy McCarthy, Paul Winters
Pulte Institute for Global Development, Keough School of Global Affairs, November 2022
There is renewed interest in irrigation to help build climate resilience in sub-Saharan on the part of governments and donors. However, many previous irrigation investments have significantly underperformed. In this brief we consider the factors that are associated with irrigation system performance for two...
Topics: Sustainability
Author: Nilofar Sakhi
Pulte Institute for Global Development, Keough School of Global Affairs, November 2022
This policy brief is about a people-centered approach to development and human security in Afghanistan. It stresses the need for development programs to be inclusive, with contributions and ownership from people in the local communities and private sectors, to promote a new discourse and...
Topics: Civil & Human Rights, Policy
Authors: Marc F. Muller, Diane Desierto, Ellis Adams, Georges Enderle, Elizabeth Dolan, Ray Offenheiser, Leonardo Bertassello, Nathaniel Hanna, Shambhavi Shekokar, Sean O'Neill, Tom Purekal
Pulte Institute for Global Development, November 2022
Worsening global water insecurity drastically impairs the health and livelihoods of communities throughout the world, while further endangering interlinked ecosystems in our planet. This is especially true in areas impacted by water-intensive, yet critically needed, industries like the mining, beverage, garment, and agriculture sectors....
Topics: Sustainability
Author: Barbara Durr
Keough School of Global Affairs, October 2022
In 2008, Oxfam staff envisioned a new approach to address the poverty wages and harsh conditions of farmworkers, one of the most mistreated workforces in the United States. Oxfam created a multi-stakeholder initiative, bringing together for the first time all the key players in...
Topics: Civil & Human Rights, Culture & Society, Policy
Authors: Lakshmi Iyer, Eduardo Pagés
Keough School of Global Affairs, July 2022
In December 2021, US President Joe Biden faced the decision of whether to push forward with the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), which would increase US government spending by more than $2 trillion. Three previous spending bills had already been passed over the previous...
Topics: Business & Economics, COVID-19, Governance
Authors: Nick Galasso, Barbara Durr, Benjamin Topa
Keough School of Global Affairs, March 2022
Some of the world’s best coffee is grown in Ethiopia, where the livelihoods of 1.5 million small farmers depend on selling their superior beans at a fair price. But in the late 1990s and early 2000s, prices in the global coffee market plummeted. To...
Topics: Business & Economics, Policy
