The Rise of the Brand State Image reputation have become essential parts of a state's strategic capital. Like branded products branded states depend on trust customer satisfaction. They are the harbingers of a postmodern politics based on style as much as substance

Doing Good While Doing Well Over the last decade, Enterprise Funds have blazed a new path for development aid, merging public capital with private management to nurture businesses in new democracies. The costs are low the results impressive attention must be paid

Getting Debt Relief Right Many argue that forgiving international debts will help relieve poverty in the world's poorest countries. But an enormous amount of money is already given to aid the poor with little of it reaching those in need. Widespread corruption weak political institutions lack of accountability all hinders the provision of important social services in developing countries, the international community must figure out a way to ensure the proper use of debt-relief dollars-before the problems plaguing many of the world's poorest countries grow any worse