BenMAP: Clarifying the Effects of Pollution Regulation
The Indian government hosted Members of Parliament, representataives of the Pollution Control Board and other government and educational organizations to introduce a new environmental assessment and policy-making tool.

Hurricane Katrina: A Loss of Life Model and Literature Review Contribute to Lessons Learned
As part of a forensic examination to assess the New Orleans flood protection system and its failure following Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commissioned a model to calculate potential loss of life from flood events in New Orleans, and a review of extant literature to identify the scope and type of health effects attributed to the storm and its aftermath.

In the National Interest of...Bolivia: Safeguarding Social and Environmental Resources
As energy issues simmered, a set of social and environmental guidelines was delivered to officials at Bolivia's Ministry of Hydrocarbons.

In the National Interest of...Paraguay: Asunción Rises from the Marsh
From May to July the Paraguay River drives as many as 15,000 people from their homes. Finally, something is being done about it.

Susan Keane, Doing What's Needed to Sustain Reform
Susan Keane is an unabashed idealist. In a field, and a company, where analytical rigor is critical to success, she gets passionate about people and what her work is doing for them.