Cases

TRIPS Part II: International Trade meets Public Health: TRIPS and Access to Medicines (Abridged)

Publication Date: March 07, 2008

This is an abridged version of case NR15-04-1736.0. The Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was the most comprehensive and far-reaching international agreement on intellectual property...

The Eagle and the Dragon: The November 1999 US-China Bilateral Agreement and the Battle over PNTR (Abridged)

Publication Date: March 07, 2008

This is an abridged version of note NR14-04-1771.0. On December 11, 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization. Many say the 1999 US-China bilateral trade agreement and the vote in Congress to permanently establish normal trade...

Pacesetter, Riverdale, and the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing (Epilogue)

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

Zenovia Evans, mayor of the small Chicago suburb of Riverdale, was determined to save the subdivision of Pacesetter which had once been her home. As part of her efforts to save the deteriorating neighborhood, Mayor Evans joined a wide-ranging...

Pacesetter, Riverdale, and the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

Zenovia Evans, mayor of the small Chicago suburb of Riverdale, was determined to save the subdivision of Pacesetter which had once been her home. As part of her efforts to save the deteriorating neighborhood, Mayor Evans joined a wide-ranging...

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

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

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...

The Good Commissioner (B)

Publication Date: December 14, 2007

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...

The Good Commissioner (A)

Publication Date: December 14, 2007

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...

Revisiting Gang Violence in Boston

Publication Date: November 15, 2007

On the night of November 28, 2006, Reverend Jeffrey Brown, a Baptist minister and co-founder of the Ten Point Coalition in Boston, Massachusetts, received bad news: 20-year-old Jahmol Norfleet, a leader in one of Boston's warring gangs, had been...

The Bradesco Foundation's Challenge: Making a Difference in Brazil's Education System

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Nearly two decades after democracy replaced military dictatorship in 1989, Brazil finally was able to ensure that nearly all its 50 million school-age children attended school. But the expansion required to achieve this goal-from around 4,000...

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank (E): A Personal and Social Search for Inclusive Economic Development Dealing with Success: Attack and Defense

Publication Date: October 05, 2007

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh created the model for large-scale "microlending" in the developing world, in the process becoming an institution known and respected internationally for a creative and effective approach to poverty alleviation...

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank (D): A Personal and Social Search for Inclusive Economic Development: Going Independent

Publication Date: October 05, 2007

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh created the model for large-scale "microlending" in the developing world, in the process becoming an institution known and respected internationally for a creative and effective approach to poverty alleviation...

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank (C): A Personal and Social Search for Inclusive Economic Development: Adapting and Refining the Grameen Model

Publication Date: October 05, 2007

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh created the model for large-scale "microlending" in the developing world, in the process becoming an institution known and respected internationally for a creative and effective approach to poverty alleviation...