Editorial by Thomas Wilson

“…Previously, we have used OJS only up to the copy-editing stage of the workflow, but in future the papers will also be published from within the system. …”
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Policy Debate | Education and Employment Mismatch by Mona Mourshed, Tom Isherwood, Ali Jaffer, Cheryl Lim, Beatriz Cardoso, Shailaja Fennell, Claudio de Moura Castro

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers.Authored by McKinsey’s research team, the initial paper addresses the Education to Employment challenge. …”
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Policy Debate | International Responses to Global Epidemics: Ebola and Beyond by Monica Rull, Ilona Kickbusch, Helen Lauer

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practitioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers or practitioners. …”
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Policy Debate | Learning to Grow Beyond the Middle-Income Trap - Singapore as an Export Model? by Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu, S. Gopinathan

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers. …”
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Haiti: Between Emergency and Reconstruction by Jean-Marc Biquet

“…In this section, academics, policy makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and policy makers.Authored by Jean-Marc Biquet, Research Officer at Doctors without Borders (MSF), the paper focuses on the failure of the aid system in Haiti. …”
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Policy Debate | The UN Guidelines on Forced Evictions : A Useful Soft-Law Instrument? by Miloon Kothari, Patricia I. Vasquez

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers. …”
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Policy Debate | Humanitarian Protection in the Midst of Civil War: Lessons from Sri Lanka by Norah Niland, John Holmes, Miriam Bradley

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers.Authored by Norah Niland, the initial paper addresses the protection dimension of humanitarian action in the Sri Lankan Civil War. …”
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Policy Debate | Financing the SDGs: Global vs Local Public Goods by Inge Kaul, Robin Davies, Robert Glasser, Michael Gerber, Luca Etter

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practitioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers.The initial paper takes the form of a structured interview with Inge Kaul, conducted by Graduate Institute Research Fellow Robin Davies, on the topic of Global vs. …”
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Commodities and Switzerland: Development Policy Challenges and Policy Options by Werner Thut

“…In this section, academics, policy makers and practitioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, an initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from different stakeholders. …”
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Policy Debate | Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Initiative : What Can We Learn from its Failure? by Pamela L. Martin, Imme Scholz

“…In this section, academics, policy-makers and practioners engage in a dialogue on global development challenges. Papers are copy-edited but not peer-reviewed. Instead, the initial thematic contribution is followed by critical comments and reactions from scholars and/or policy-makers.In her article ‘Pay to Preserve: The Global Politics of Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Proposal’, published in DevPol’s special issue on  Energy and Development in 2011, Pamela L. …”
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