Global Update 2011: USA
The NIH, which has an annual budget of over US$31 billion, is the world’s largest biomedical research agency and is a major…
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Americas Project 2011 -- 21st Century Borders in the Americas: Sovereignty, Migration and Crime October 13, 2011
Borders have a long history of determining how countries interact with one another politically, economically and socially…
Innovation in the Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases October 12, 2011
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and president of…
Baker Institute Update: Students lunch with The Honorable James A. Baker, III October 12, 2011
The Baker Institute Student Forum hosts a student lunch and question-and-answer session with James A. Baker, III. Baker…
Considering a New Information Architecture for the City of Houston October 7, 2011
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By Christopher Bronk, Tory Gattis, Vivas Kumar and Robyn…
Defusing the Debt Bomb: Economic and Fiscal Reform -- Keynote Address October 6, 2011
On Thursday morning, Oct. 6, The Honorable Alan Simpson, former U.S. senator and co-chairman of the National Commission on…
Defusing the Debt Bomb: Economic and Fiscal Reform -- The Autumn of Our Fiscal Discontent October 5, 2011
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Joel Prakken, Ph.D., senior managing director and co-founder of Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, will…
Defusing the Debt Bomb: Economic and Fiscal Reform October 5, 2011
With U.S. government debt at record levels, leaders of both political parties have begun to focus on spending reform and…
Voting at Non-Precinct Polling Places: A Review and Research Agenda October 3, 2011
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Introduction
Where, when, and how we vote has garnered…
Bank-Insured RoSCA for Microfinance: Experimental Evidence in Poor Egyptian Villages September 30, 2011
By Mahmoud El-Gamal, Mohamed El-Komi, Dean Karlan and Adam Osman
Abstract
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have continued to…