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Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Johnson, Ostry & Subramanian	Levers for Growth In terms of today's low-income countries, an emphasis on macroeconomic stability, trade liberalization, and avoidance of exchange rate overvaluation can potentially sustain a self-reinforcing spiral in which growth in manufactured exports creates constituencies for further reform and growth.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 James T. Walsh	New Customs Squaring new security concerns with the need to facilitate trade is a daunting challenge for many customs administrations.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Raghuram Rajan	Separate and Unequal Instead of focusing on microcredit for the poor, we should make financial services available to all. On that path lies the possibility of a true, and large-scale, escape from poverty.
Reason March 2006 Kerry Howley	Absolution in Your Cup What is revolutionary about Fair Trade is not the brand's focus on poverty but the suggestion that consumption is a moral response to inequality.
Reason March 2006 Matt Welch	Ghost of Tonkin New information on a Johnson-era cover up prompting the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is itself covered up for its remarkable similarity to flawed intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.
Reason March 2006 Kerry Howley	Tech Delusions The nonprofit group One Laptop per Child, an offshoot of MIT's Media Laboratory, unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop meant for underprivileged kids in remote parts of the developing world. But will the computers ever make it to the intended recipients?
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Glenn Zorpette	Working in a War Zone Working in Iraq isn't for everybody. Nevertheless, over the past three years, a few thousand engineers of many nationalities have gone to work on the country's massive, $60 billion reconstruction. Here's a sample of what they encounter.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Erico Guizzo	How Brazil Spun the Atom While Iran grabs headlines, Brazil is quietly, and without belligerence, preparing its centrifuges to start enriching uranium. But the question many are asking is, how well does the Brazilian centrifuge work compared with its competitors?
Reason March 2006 Matt Welch	Old Propaganda and New Bush is wrong to use the Cold War's covert tactics in the new twilight struggle in the Middle East.
Parameters Spring 2006 Ali A. Jalali	The Future of Afghanistan Afghanistan is again at a crossroads. One road leads to peace and prosperity; the other leads to the loss of all that has been achieved. Everything depends on the level of international commitment to help Afghanistan emerge from the dark shadows of its recent past.
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