On October 6, Brazilians will vote in the first round of an election to determine the successor to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

Can the current post-Bretton Woods international monetary system prevent a return to the beggar-thy-neighbor policies and competitive devaluations that so harmed international prosperity in the 1930s? What are the system's flaws? Can they be corrected, and if so, how? An expert panel will address these and related issues.

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

For years, it was a well-known joke that Brazil is the country of the future and always will be. Indeed, the notion that Brazil would have higher economic growth and lower unemployment rates than the United States would have been unthinkable...

The country could save $100 billion or more over 10 years by reducing farm subsidies without endangering struggling farmers or affecting food production.

If a narco-state or violent crackdown emerges in Venezuela, the White House will no longer be able to avert its attention from the mess or to ‘lead from behind.'

A comparison between Greece today and Brazil in the past is of limited value, due to the number of fundamental differences between the nations' situations.

Online registration for this event is now closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted.

Even though more and more people worldwide are gaining access to AIDS treatment, there has been an apparent decline in the number of companies investing in HIV/AIDS. Why? Could it be that recent policy decisions by the World...

A exposé purporting to show that Bonn-based Fairtrade International (FLO),the world’s largest labeller of ethical goods, had failed in its oversight of a project in west Africa that supplies Limited Brands-owned Victoria’s Secret.  The project  was paying sub-par wages to children labouring in inhumane conditions and helps drive a wedge between FLO and FairTrade USA.