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Dec 12, 2015

The Race Against Water Scarcity

Water Wars. The alliteration is simple, and the meaning easy to grasp. Despite the readily accessible rhetoric by politicians and the med...

Jennie Cottle

Dec 6, 2015

PolicyShift attends the COP21

Members of the PolicyShift team attended the COP 21 event on RE-Energising the Future at the Palais Brongniart in Paris this Sunday. This...

Taking Back Medellin: the State's successful battle against public insecurity

Laura Contelli

Nov 18, 2015

Taking Back Medellin: the State's successful battle against public insecurity

In 1991, the city of Medellin’s homicide rate had reached one of the highest in the world at 381 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. By 20...

Saving the Future: Sovereign Wealth Funds as a tool for stability

Carlos Araujo

Oct 25, 2015

Saving the Future: Sovereign Wealth Funds as a tool for stability

"Virtù and luck are best friends—or maybe business partners. You need both to make stuff happen” - Machiavelli By the time Norway was abl...

Getting to the Root of Bolivia's Coca Strategy

Jennie Cottle

Oct 23, 2015

Getting to the Root of Bolivia's Coca Strategy

The majority of the world’s raw material for cocaine originates from coca growing countries in Latin America. As part of the War on Drugs...

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