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Going green? How financial services are failing ethical consumers
Going Green? How financial services are failing ethical consumers provides a comprehensive review of the current state of ethical finance services in the UK. It finds that while there is an ever-greater choice of ethical finance products, serious barriers to growth and gaps in the sector still remain. Despite the fast development of the sector, nef finds that ethical finance providers are still falling far short of meeting the growing demand from consumers who want to save and invest according to their ethical principles. The report finds that: Ethical financial products fall far short of meeting the demand for ethical financial services, the sector is yet to overcome the key challenges needed to become mainstream, the ambition of ethical finance initiatives stills falls far short of achieving the kind of impact most ethical consumers wish to see.
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By NEF, UK.
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Environment Policy Resource.
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Behind the Naturalization Backlog
By Claire Bergeron and Jeremy Banks Fact Sheet No. 21, February 2008 The processing time for naturalization applications has risen dramatically since mid-2007, to an 18-month average, as the federal government has struggled to cope with a surge in applications driven in part by a substantial fee increase. More than 460,000 people filed naturalization applications in July 2007 right before the fee hike took effect — fully one-third of the nearly 1.4 million applications that were filed during the entire fiscal year. This MPI fact sheet examines the causes, context, and concerns surrounding the backlog.
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By Migration Policy Institute, USA.
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Governance Policy Resource.
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Brothers in Arms? Engaging the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Within and between western governments, a heated policy debate is raging over the question of whether or not to engage with the world’s oldest and most influential political Islamist group: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. While British analysts have suggested that engagement with the Brotherhood could provide a valuable opportunity for challenging their perceptions of the West, the Bush administration has been far less open to the idea, arguing that it would be inappropriate to enter into formal ties with a group that is not legally recognised by the Egyptian government.
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By IPPR, UK.
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Governance Policy Resource.
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