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Brookings Blum Roundtable 2008


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Save to My Portfolio Development in the Balance: How Will the World’s Poor Cope with Climate Change?

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In its fifth annual gathering, the Brookings Blum Roundtable addressed the challenges of climate change and development and convened leaders from both the development and climate change communities from August 1-3, 2008, to discuss and debate policy ideas that could benefit both fronts. By examining common challenges—accountability, effective deployment of resources, agenda-setting, mobilizing the public and financial resources, and achieving scale and sustainability—the Roundtable established a solid foundation for collaboration among the climate change and development communities and fostered ideas for policy action. Read More

Development, Climate Change, Global Poverty, Developing Countries, Foreign Aid

Spotlight: Georgia


Reuters/Denis Sinyakov - Russian soldiers sit on top of an APC as they travel towards the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali.

Save to My Portfolio War in Georgia—End of an Era, Beginning a New Cold War?

Johannes F. Linn, August 12, 2008

With violence erupting between Georgia and Russia, Johannes Linn analyzes the serious dilemmas confronting both countries and their citizens as well as the consequences for the global community. Linn examines the reemergence of a cold-war mentality, calls for a swift halt of Russia’s military actions and provides recommendations for the world’s response to the conflict. Read More

Georgia, Foreign Policy, Eastern Europe, Russia, BRICs

Spotlight: Infrastructure


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Save to My Portfolio Infrastructure: Time to Compete to Win

Lael Brainard, July 22, 2008

The Olympic development boom in China showcases the results of years of rapid growth in China’s economy and mirrors that of many other emerging markets. One of the Olympic lessons for the U.S. should be to reverse its ailing infrastructure trend and begin investing for the long-term to stay competitive, according to Lael Brainard. Read More

Infrastructure, Competitiveness, China and the Beijing Olympics, BRICs, Productivity

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Doha Trade Talks Collapse: What’s Next for Global Trade?

Paul Blustein, August 20, 2008

Paul Blustein discusses the WTO’s centrality to the global trading system, warns that erosion of its authority would endanger the system’s stability, and challenges the United States to halt the pursuit of further bilateral and regional trade agreements, as those pacts threaten to undermine multilateralism. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Measuring the Cost of Aid Volatility

Homi Kharas, July 2008

Aid volatility, caused by various reasons including shifts in the donor’s economic and political landscape, can negatively affect development growth. Homi Kharas measures the cost of aid volatility using a financial metric, which if used by policymakers, can create a better system of aid flows and effective development. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Corporate Action on Climate Adaptation and Development

Jane Nelson, August 2008

Jane Nelson, an expert in corporate social responsibility, recommends the corporate community take action to address climate change adaptation in the developing world. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Balancing Climate Change and Global Development

Lael Brainard, Nigel Purvis, August 2008

In a new paper for the 2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable, Lael Brainard and Nigel Purvis examine the issues facing climate change and global development and offer recommendations for how to address the urgency of both policy imperatives. Read More

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Foreign Aid Global Development 2.0

Foreign Aid The California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, August-September 2008

Trade Doha Trade Talks Collapse: What’s Next for Global Trade?

Paul Blustein, August 20, 2008

Trade Trade Pacts Run Amok

Paul Blustein, August 2008

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Spotlight

ExpertJeffrey A. Bader

Jeffrey Bader worked at the State Department, the National Security Council, and the United States Trade Representative’s office during his 27-year career with the U.S. Government. He is an expert on U.S.-China relations and director of the John L. Thornton China Center.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertRichard C. Bush III

Richard Bush’s two-decade public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. Director of the Center on Northeast Asian Policy Studies, he currently focuses on China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security.

Policy CenterCenter for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

CNAPS conducts research, analysis, and outreach designed to enhance policy development and understanding on the pressing political, economic, and security issues facing Northeast Asia.

Operational CenterBrookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy

The Brookings-Tsinghua Center brings together Chinese and American scholars to sharpen thinking about, research on, and understanding of public policy issues raised by China's emergence.

ExpertAlice M. Rivlin

Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project. 

Policy CenterWolfensohn Center for Development

The Wolfensohn Center seeks effective solutions to key development challenges in order to create a more prosperous and stable world with a focus on aid effectiveness, early childhood development and Middle East youth.

ExpertErica S. Downs

Erica Downs focuses on Chinese energy and foreign policies, as well as institutional change and government-business relations in China’s energy sector. She was an energy analyst at the CIA.

ExpertCheng Li

A director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Cheng Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.

ExpertWarwick J. McKibbin

An international economics expert based in Australia, Warwick McKibbin focuses his research on global climate change; the emergence of China and India into the world economy; and global economic modeling.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  Her current projects focus on the politics of federal judicial selection and the consequences of partisan polarization.

ExpertRebecca Blank

Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert V. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.

ExpertWing Thye Woo

Wing Thye Woo, an expert on the East Asian economies, particularly China, Indonesia and Malaysia, has advised the U.S. Treasury Department, the IMF, World Bank and the United Nations.

Policy CenterJohn L. Thornton China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations to help address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.

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. Read More

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

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