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Vice President and Director

Lael Brainard

Lael Brainard

Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development
Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in International Economics

Lael Brainard is vice president and director of Global Economy and Development. Formerly White House Deputy National Economic Adviser and Associate Professor at MIT, she focuses on competitiveness, trade, international economics, U.S. foreign assistance and global poverty.

Expertise

Competitiveness; Currencies (dollar and yuan); U.S. deficit; Foreign assistance; Foreign investment; Global poverty; Offshoring;Trade

Background

Past Positions
Deputy National Economic Adviser and Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics (Clinton Administration); Personal Representative (Sherpa) of the President to the G7/8; Associate Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School (1990-5); Management Consultant, McKinsey and Co. (1982-5)

Education

Ph.D. (1989), M.A. (1989), Harvard University; B.A., Wesleyan University, 1983

"We should use this moment of rising global food shortages to improve not just the quantity but the quality of our foreign aid by making the reforms that are long overdue."

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Q&A with Lael Brainard

Reforming U.S. Foreign Aid

"Instead of 50 objectives we probably need five: reducing poverty; supporting capable states that are responsive to the needs of their people; countering humanitarian, trans-national and security threats."

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