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Noam Unger

Noam Unger

Fellow, Global Economy and Development
Policy Director, Foreign Assistance Reform Project, Global Economy and Development

Noam Unger is a fellow with the Development Assistance and Governance Initiative and policy director of the Foreign Assistance Reform project. He focuses on policies and politics related to modernizing U.S. foreign aid and global development efforts.



Expertise

U.S. foreign assistance; development; fragile states; humanitarian issues; global poverty; stability operations and reconstruction

  • Language Fluency:
  • French

Background

Past Positions
Senior Manager, Foreign Assistance Reform project, Brookings Institution; Humanitarian Affairs Analyst, U.S. Department of State; International Coordination Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization; Desk Officer, Asia and the Near East Bureau, USAID; Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Department of State; Teaching Assistant, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Haiti Development Activities Program Consultant, Save the Children; Thomas J. Watson Fellow

Education

MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2003); B.A., Swarthmore College (1999)

"The work to reshape bureaucratic cultures and systems must proceed, and some more visible aspects of modernization can also be helpful while demonstrating the administration’s ongoing commitment to its own game-changing policies."

- Excerpt from The Shape of U.S. Global Development Reforms, September 2011


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioBusan, the United States and Transparent Development ResultsNovember 28, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioGlobal Development Under PressureNovember 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioFrom Aid to Global Development CooperationSeptember 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioAiding Development: Assistance Reform for the 21st CenturyFebruary 02, 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioThe QDDR: Following Through on Civilian Power?December 16, 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioSet to Lead Again? New U.S. Engagement on Global DevelopmentSeptember 28, 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioMaking Development Aid More EffectiveSeptember 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioObama’s Commitment to Global DevelopmentJanuary 08, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioPresident Obama and U.S. Global Leadership on DevelopmentJanuary 07, 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioLooking Ahead: Natural Disasters, Protection and Climate ChangeSeptember 16, 2009Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Save to My PortfolioGlobal Development 2.0: An Expanding EcosystemMarch 2009InterAction's Monday Developments

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Contact Information

communications@brookings.edu

202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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