Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty Related Reports

Climate Change Policy: Recommendations to Reach Consensus  
As the financial crisis continues to take its toll on the global economy, another serious challenge looms large: preventing the planet from warming more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Brookings experts and colleagues from the public and private sectors develop strategies and provide recommendations to policymakers who are now faced with the daunting task of stabilizing the climate without dampening economic recovery.
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Double Jeopardy: What the Climate Crisis Means for the Poor  
Climate change and global development are two of the most critical challenges facing global policymakers. In a new report, "Double Jeopardy: What the Climate Crisis Means for the Poor" Brookings experts detail these interrelated issues based on discussions at the most recent Brookings Blum Roundtable on Poverty, featuring Dr. Steven Chu and former Vice President Al Gore, among others.
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Making Poverty History? How Activists, Philanthropists, and the Public Are Changing Global Development  
The entry of passionate, media-savvy advocates, "megaphilanthropists," social entrepreneurs and super-foundations has heightened awareness of the struggles facing the world's poorest. Outpourings of financial resources, on-the-ground assistance, and a commitment to finding creative solutions to disease, hunger, and education hold out hopes for a new era in the quest for global development. The fourth annual Brookings Blum Roundtable, convened in August 2007, evaluated both the immense potential of these new players and the challenges they face in achieving sustained and effective solutions to poverty and fundamental insecurity.
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Ending Poverty, Promoting Peace: The Quest for Global Security
In 2006, the Brookings Blum Roundtable explored the complicated connections between poverty and insecurity as part of "The Tangled Web: The Poverty-Insecurity Nexus." The roundtable examined the practical implications for public and private organizations operating in developing countries, identified areas of greatest need and highlighted best practices.
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Expanding Enterprise, Lifting the Poor: The Private Sector in the Fight against Global Poverty
While the public agenda for global poverty alleviation has generally focused on boosting official aid assistance and canceling debt, the role of the private sector is also critical to economic development efforts. In 2005, the Brookings Blum Roundtable centered on the private sector’s role in global development, noting opportunities for further synergy, collaboration and impact, as well as challenges.
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America's Role in the Fight Against Global Poverty
America's role in the fight against global poverty was the focus of the first annual Brookings Blum Roundtable in 2004. Discussion centered on the imperative of political will, using foreign assistance, trade and financing for development, and how best to reinforce commitment and sustain development efforts.
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