June 26, 2020, RESEARCH Working Paper by Nicole Mattea, UN Women/Allison Joyce, Download Report (PDF), This working paper further explains the recent emergence of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) into international discourse and preventative strategies., In April of 2019, the United Nation...

January 6, 2020, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini and Alyssa Ceretti, Nikhita S., Download Report (PDF), Investing in girls' education can put countries on the path to a more stable, prosperous future., Summary, This report demonstrates that educating girls has the power to break the cycle o...

December 7, 2016, RESEARCH Report, Charu Chaturvedi, Download Report (PDF), Thirty leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss how to improve safety, reduce violence, and ultimately better the lives of young people living in cities., Executive Summary, The world today has t...

May 17, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Aisha Sethi, UNHCR, Download Report (PDF), The report examines two important locales experienced by refugees: permanent camp settings, such as in Za’atari, Jordan, and transitory arrival centers, such as in Lampedusa, Italy., The world’s refugee population cur...

November 7, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by Samuel Kling, Carl Campbell, Download Report (PDF), The implementation of automated vehicles (AVs) will reshape our cities in ways large and small, but much is unknown to make reliable predictions about AVs’ specific effects on cities., Key Findings ...

March 19, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Mark W. Rosegrant, Download Report (PDF), This report examines the urgent challenges created by water scarcity and the impact on food security., Introduction, Successful, sustainable water management in agriculture is imperative to achieve the food and nutrition...

April 16, 2024, RESEARCH Report, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Emerging AgTech innovations have the potential to radically improve the sustainability, profitability, and accessibility of US-produced food., Rapid adoption of agricultural technological (AgTech) innovation is required to meet th...

January 24, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), As the United States strives to build a workforce that will maintain its economic competitiveness, we must invest in education and training for foreign-born workers., Key Findings, Immigrants are significant contribut...

July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are a...

February 14, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Chanlett-Avery, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This brief analyzes the 2017 ASEAN summit where four of the region's major maritime democracies discussed the revival of quadrilateral cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific., At the Association...