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  • Afghanistan’s Mineral Potential, Sustainability of Development Efforts Crucial Questions, Says Wilson Center’s Michael Kugelman

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    From the Wilson Center  //  January 14, 2013  //  By Schuyler Null

    Rich, untapped deposits of gold, iron, copper, lithium, and rare earth minerals have been known in Afghanistan for decades, but recently, extensive reports from the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Geological Survey have shed new light on their potential value.

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  • Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times

    As Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do Guatemala’s Hunger Pangs

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    January 8, 2013  //  By Wilson Center Staff

    The original version of this article, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, appeared in The New York Times.

    In the tiny tortillerias of this city, people complain ceaselessly about the high price of corn. Just three years ago, one quetzal – about 15 cents – bought eight tortillas; today it buys only four. And eggs have tripled in price because chickens eat corn feed.

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  • Tapping the Potential of Displaced Young People in Urban Settings

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    From the Wilson Center  //  January 4, 2013  //  By Payal Chandiramani

    “When young people claim their right to education and health – including sexual and reproductive health – they increase their opportunities to become a powerful force for economic development and positive change,” said Nicole Gaertner, of UN Refugee Agency and the U.S. Department of State, quoting Secretary of State Hilary Clinton at the Wilson Center on December 13. [Video Below]

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  • Building Sustainable Cities in a Warmer, More Crowded World

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    January 3, 2013  //  By Laurie Mazur

    The future is urban – but is it sustainable?

    For decades – centuries, really – warnings have been issued: The burgeoning human population will outgrow the planet’s capacity to sustain us. The formula seems simple. More people equals fewer resources and greater environmental damage.

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  • The Challenges of the 21st-Century City (Policy Brief)

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    From the Wilson Center  //  December 18, 2012  //  By Blair A. Ruble

    The Wilson Center Policy Briefs are a series of short analyses of critical global issues facing the next administration that will run until inauguration day.

    We live in a world that is different from that inhabited by our ancestors in many profound ways. Among the most important changes is that, for the first time, almost half of the world’s people live in cities. According to the United Nations, in 2008 the global urban population surpassed half of the world’s population of 6.7 billion compared with 13 percent a century ago and 3 percent a century before that. This trend will require profound changes in the way the U.S. government addresses everything from development policy to international security.

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  • Managing the Planet: The World at Seven Billion

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    From the Wilson Center  //  December 14, 2012  //  By Carolyn Lamere

    Population growth “is highly concentrated in what are today the poorest and least well-governed areas of the world,” said George Mason University professor Jack Goldstone at the Wilson Center on December 5.

    Goldstone was joined by Suzanne Ehlers, president and CEO of Population Action International (PAI), and Matthew Erdman, population-health-environment technical advisor at USAID, to discuss the implications of seven billion people and counting for the environment as part of the joint Wilson Center-George Mason University Managing the Planet series. [Video Below]

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  • National Intelligence Council Releases ‘Global Trends 2030’: Prominent Roles Predicted for Demographic and Environmental Trends

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    December 11, 2012  //  By Schuyler Null & Kate Diamond

    “We are at a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures,” writes the chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC) Christopher Kojm in the council’s latest forward-looking quadrennial report, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, released yesterday.

    This year, principal author Mathew Burrows and his colleagues focus on a series of plausible global scenarios for the next 20 years and the trends or disruptions that may influence which play out. Among the most important factors in these projections are demography and the environment.

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  • ‘The Christian Science Monitor’ Explores the Global Water Crisis: Should We Charge More for Water?

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    On the Beat  //  December 6, 2012  //  By Schuyler Null

    “There is as much of that water on the planet today as when the first amphibian flopped ashore; as much as when the ancient Greeks divined the future in the babble of brooks,” writes William Wheeler in The Christian Science Monitor. “So why do experts in science, economics, and development warn that a ‘global water crisis’ threatens the stability of nations and the health of billions?”

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