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This policy brief urges collaboration between the United States and Mexico to address widespread epidemics of mosquito…

December 16, 2015

During the last three years, Mexico has had a number of successes and important challenges. Among its successes are a dozen…

December 14, 2015

Hosted by the Center for Energy Studies, the Baker Institute workshop, “Enabling and Modeling Sustainability in the Nexus,"…

December 9, 2015

In this working paper, fellow John Diamond and Rice faculty scholar George Zodrow describe the Diamond-Zodrow model, which…

December 9, 2015

Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have made remarkable strides in education, but they remain grossly…

December 7, 2015

This paper summarizes the presentations and discussions at May 14, 2015, workshop on water-energy interdependence and…

December 7, 2015

This working paper studies optimal taxation in a dynamic stochastic economy in which there is uncertainty about the effects…

December 4, 2015

The world watched in 2011 as an uprising in Egypt ousted the autocratic regime of Hosni Mubarak and appeared to open the…

December 3, 2015

Why don't physicians talk to their patients about recommended HIV screening tests?

December 3, 2015

Modern contraceptive methods, such as condoms, can be stigmatized in Middle Eastern culture due to their perceived…

December 3, 2015