Critiquing the Politics, Policy & Practice of Development
Latin America
Ecuador Grants Rights to Nature: A Breakthrough?
Ecuador’s new constitution grants nature legal rights and humans the ability to sue as proxies. Environmentalists hail this as a major step towards conservation. But is this anything more than a principle that is practically unenforcable and legally meaningless?
Quo Vadis Cuba?
What does Raul Castro’s ascension to Cuba’s presidency mean for change on the island?
Legitimizing Non-State Combatants: The FARC Case
The FARC are not legitimate combatants, as Hugo Chávez would have us believe, but rather a terrorist organization.
Bargaining Through Compulsory Licensing: ARV Treatment in Brazil
The first study of its kind in Brazil on national drug spending illustrates how the threat of compulsory licensing can be an excellent bargaining tool to reducing patented drug costs.
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- The Indo-US Nuclear Deal: A Post-Henry Hyde Act Analysis - 12 emails
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