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Save to My Portfolio The Scouting Report: Congressional Year in Review

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC

With a dramatic Christmas Eve vote, the U.S. Senate added health care reform to the list of issues addressed by Congress this year. But with partisanship running high and tough compromises still to be hammered out, is the legislative branch capable of solving the problems that voters care about? Expert Tom Mann joins Politico’s Fred Barbash in a live web chat on December 30. Read More

U.S. Congress, U.S. Politics

Legal Architecture For The War On Terror


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Save to My Portfolio No Place to Write Detention Policy

Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith, December 22, 2009

The task of creating American detention policy has moved from the executive branch to federal judges. These judges inherited the responsibility because Congress and the current administration have not offered a clear definition of who can be detained, a coherent set of rules to determine who is an enemy, or guidance on disclosing evidence to detainees' lawyers write Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith. Read More

Legal Architecture for the War on Terror, Justice and Law, Judges, U.S. Judiciary, U.S. Congress

Up Front Blog


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Save to My Portfolio What to Make of Declining Household Debt Burdens

Karen Dynan, December 22, 2009

Last week, the Federal Reserve released new figures for its household debt service ratio. The debt service ratio declined to 12.8 percent in the third quarter of 2009 showing more households are paying off debts. Karen Dynan examines what this means for the U.S. economy, and whether the debt service ratio is a good indicator of future economic health. Read More and Comment

Saving, U.S. Economy, Financial Institutions, Federal Reserve System

Spotlight: Asian Economy


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Save to My Portfolio Rebalancing Growth in Asia

Eswar Prasad, December 22, 2009

Asian economies are seeing strong, stable growth and leading the world out of the recession. In the December 2009 issue of the IMF's Finance & Development, Eswar Prasad discusses how Asian emerging markets can improve their economic welfare by rebalancing growth toward domestic demand. Read More

Global Economics, Asia, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Markets

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Afghanistan's Displaced Population

"Kandahar is also host to one of the largest IDP populations throughout the country. Unfortunately because of the insecurity in the province and the violence there, humanitarian access has been severely limited." - Andrew Solomon, Deputy Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.