There’s a deeper story behind the World Bank’s ratings scandal
The more prominent a global scorecard is, the more governments want to game it
The State Department just released its human trafficking report. Here’s why it matters.
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U.S. cities and states want to implement the Paris climate accord goals. It’s not that simple.
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Edward Snowden has proposed a new treaty. Here’s why it might or might not take off.
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Who cares how the U.S. ranks nations’ efforts on human trafficking?
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Who cares how the U.S. ranks nations' efforts on human trafficking?
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The OECD's fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce
In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
The OECD’s fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce
In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
How laws around the world do and do not protect women from violence
In 1999, Jessica Lenahan-Gonzales’s estranged husband took her three girls
Why China won't let Hong Kong democratize
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Why China won’t let Hong Kong democratize
[caption id="attachment_16314" align="aligncenter" width="720"] University students from across Hong Kong
Is ranking failed or fragile states a futile business?
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Concluding the gender gap symposium
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The gender citations gap: A glass half-full perspective
Last, but certainly not least, in the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium (see here, here, here, here, here, here,
Gender bias in professional networks and citations
On the final day of the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium
Why is work by women systematically devalued?
On the final day of the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and
Introducing the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium
Despite substantial progress, it is irrefutable that a gender gap
How is the ICC supposed to work?
I just got back from a fascinating week in Rwanda
Supply Chains and Labour Rights
The "fire in Bangladesh":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/world/asia/bangladesh-factory-fire-caused-by-gross-negligence.html has spurred a broader political controversy
What Good is a UN Human Rights Treaty?
Dan Drezner argues that yesterday's Senate vote to reject the UN
The Bad Ass Theory of Why Dictators Sign the Convention Against Torture
A decade or so ago Oona Hathaway and others noted