Credible Warnings or False Alarms? What the US Knew on September 10, 2001

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

Well before the fateful morning of September 11, 2001, the threat posed to Americans and the United States by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda (The Base) network of terrorists was well documented and closely monitored. Two US agencies--the...

High Road or Low? Transparency International and the Corruption Perceptions Index

Publication Date: August 1, 2002

The challenge of spurring economic development in poorer nations had perplexed wealthy donor nations during much of the post-colonial, post-World War II period. During the 1990s, there developed a consensus that outside financial assistance was...

International Trade Meets Intellectual Property: The Making of the TRIPS Agreement

Publication Date: August 01, 2002

The focus of international trade negotiations was once quotas and tariffs--how much of a particular product could be imported and the duty levied at the border. As the world economy has experienced deeper integration, attention has shifted away...

Fast Track Derailed: The 1997 Attempt to Renew Fast Track Trade Legislation

Publication Date: August 01, 2002

In the United States, the President has the Constitutional authority to negotiate international trade agreements. But the Congress has the ultimate authority over trade. This arrangement blunts the negotiating power of the United States in trade...

Seeking Sustainability: Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Faces Financial Challenge

Publication Date: August 01, 2002

Nearly 30 years after it was first incorporated to help stabilize and improve older, declining parts of the city, Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Chicago had become among the best-known and most-respected organizations of its kind. Its...

A Commercial Bank Does Microfinance: Sogesol in Haiti

Publication Date: July 01, 2002

In 1995 Haiti's banking sector undergoes reform, two important aspects of which are a lowering of the reserve requirement on banks and a lifting of the interest rate ceiling on loans. These reforms give banks the opportunity to expand their...

Women's Thrift Cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh

Publication Date: July 01, 2002

After more than 10 years of operation, the Women's Thrift Cooperatives (WTCs) in the impoverished Karimnagar and Warangal districts of Andhra Pradesh are an established part of the lives of their women members. As such they represent...

"The Worst Thing That Could Happen": How Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Survived September 11

Publication Date: May 01, 2002

Following the devastating September 11, 2001 attack on New York's World Trade Center, many companies were faced with the possibility not only that their employees had been lost, but that their businesses had been destroyed in the collapse of the...

Democracy in Zimbabwe: The Presidential Bid of Morgan Tsvangirai

Publication Date: May 01, 2002

In early 2002, world attention turned to the upcoming election in the southern Africa nation of Zimbabwe. Once viewed as a model of relative prosperity and potential, as well as democracy in sub-Saharan black Africa, the nation faced political...

Safe But Annoyed: The Hurricane Floyd Evacuation in Florida

Publication Date: April 8, 2002

This case tells the story of the largest evacuation in U.S. history--the evacuation of 2.5 million people in the state of Florida, where officials sought to protect them from a storm that ultimately did not strike the state. The significance of...

Standing up for Steel: The US Government Response to Steel Industry and Union Efforts to Win Protection from Imports (1998-2003)

Publication Date: March 01, 2002

The March 2002 decision by President George W. Bush to impose tariffs on some imported steel capped a long-running campaign by the US steel industry and its unions for assistance in dealing with surges of low-priced imported steel, often said to...

Cochin International Airport: Gateway to God's Own Country

Publication Date: March 01, 2002

Cochin International Airport opened in 1999 to widespread acclaim as the first and only airport to be constructed and operated by a private company in India. By 2001 the airport was generating enough revenue to cover its operating costs, but not...