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Recent Brookings Global News

July 22, 2009 - Brookings Launches Center for Universal Education
July 16, 2009 - Kenneth Lieberthal Named Senior Fellow and Director of the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings
May 7, 2009 - Mwangi Kimenyi, Expert on Africa's Economy, Joins Brookings
March 30, 2009 - Kemal Dervis Named Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings
January 30, 2009 - Ernest Aryeetey, Head of Leading African Think Tank, Joins Brookings to Direct Africa Growth Initiative
January 14, 2009 - Daniel Kaufmann, Leading Expert on Governance and Development, Joins Brookings
September 30, 2008 - Brookings Launches Africa Growth Initiative with Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
September 11, 2008 - Eswar Prasad, Expert on Emerging Economies and Globalization, Joins Brookings

Research and Commentary

Consequences of Alternative U.S. Cap-and-Trade Policies: Controlling Both Emissions and Costs
Time for a Price Collar on Carbon
Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies
Protectionism Continues its Climb
Aid Coordination on the Ground: Are Joint Country Assistance Strategies the Answer?
President Obama's Agenda Needs Greater Focus on Global Development
Sky's the Limit? National and Global Implications of China’s Reserve Accumulation
Effective Development Assistance Through Competition
Geithner and the New Middle East Economic Agenda
Crisis in Pakistan: Educate Women and Girls for Long-term Solutions
Ghana: Obama Visits a Hopeful Nation on a Troubled Continent

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Recent Events

July 21, 2009 - Latin America's Infrastructure: Roads to the Future
July 15, 2009 - The Scouting Report: A New Partnership with Latin America
July 13, 2009 - Brazil in the Global Crisis: Still a Rising Economic Superpower?
July 1, 2009 - The Scouting Report: Climate Change Moves to the Senate
June 23, 2009 - Latin America and the Economic Crisis: An Address by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet
June 15 & 16, 2009 - International Policy Workshop on Aid Effectiveness
June 8, 2009 - The Economic Impact of Climate Change Reduction Strategies

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