Last month, the International Development Journal published my article on New York City's recent lawsuit against five major energy companies for climate change damages. As a New Yorker, I am more than pleased that my city is tackling Climate Change …
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Year in Review: The Best and Worst Gender Stories of 2017
It’s the second week of 2018 and there’s already good news breaking on the gender equality front: the pay gap is now illegal in Iceland, the #MeToo movement has turned into the more actionable #Times Up, and the buzz is …
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Policy Brief: Food Security in Nigeria
I've recently written a policy brief on market development programs and their impact on food security in Nigeria. This is an overview of what market development programs are, how they work and which major international donors are currently implementing these …
Peacebuilding: The Cyprus Problem
For being a relatively tiny island nation in the Mediterranean, Cyprus and its political woes have been a thorn in the side of the international community by remaining one of the world’s longest running intractable conflicts. Being from the island …
Notes from my Field Work in Ghana
My last field assignment took me to West Africa where I was tasked with evaluating rural access to health care in Ghana. Specifically, I evaluated their National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a government initiative to meet health related Millennium Development …
Maria Polychronis 