Research and Commentary

The End of Convergence?

October 3, 2013, Kemal Derviş

Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Political Dimension

October 2013, Richard C. Bush III

Cuba Trip Report: A Stroll Toward Change and a View from the Streets

October 3, 2013, Ted Piccone

China's Economic Rebalancing and Lessons from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

October 2, 2013, David Dollar

Taiwan's Economic Opportunities and Challenges and the Importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

September 2013, Joshua Meltzer

Can Xi Jinping's Governing Strategy Succeed?

September 26, 2013, Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

Smartphones for the Unbanked: How Mobile Money Will Drive Digital Inclusion in Developing Countries

September 16, 2013, John Villasenor

Financing Africa: Moving Beyond Foreign Aid to Issuing Eurobonds

September 13, 2013, Amadou Sy

Bringing Peace to the Congo: A Blueprint for Special Envoy Feingold

September 11, 2013, Witney Schneidman and Sasha Lezhnev

The Recent Economic Exuberance Cycle in Latin America: A Short-Lived Mirage or Deeply Rooted Transformation?

September 4, 2013, Ernesto Talvi

India Is Still Waiting for Superman

September 2, 2013, Eswar Prasad

A Trilateral Dialogue on the United States, Africa and China

August 28, 2013

Afghanistan 2014: Preparing for the Humanitarian Transition

August 28, 2013, Khalid Koser

Intrapreneurship in MENA's Public Sector

August 2013, Bessma Momani and Mehrunisa Qayyum

Creating Global Reach: Brookings’s Partnerships with Think Tanks in Africa

August 14, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Why Economic Expansion in Places Like Turkey and Russia Won’t Stop Protests

August 13, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy and Carol Graham

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The Arab Spring Can Bring a Demographic Dividend: That is Good for Business and Investors

August 2013, Bessma Momani

Is Good Governance Necessary For Economic Progress in Africa?

August 4, 2013, Richard Joseph

Previewing the 2013 Brookings Blum Roundtable: Private Equity in Frontier Markets

August 2, 2013, Laurence Chandy and George Ingram

Previewing the 2013 Brookings Blum Roundtable: The Role of the Private Sector in Ending Global Poverty

August 1, 2013, Laurence Chandy and George Ingram

The African Growth and Opportunity Act: An Empirical Analysis of the Possibilities Post-2015

July 2013, Simon Mevel, Zenia Lewis, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Stephen Karingi and Anne W. Kamau

While Egypt Struggles, Ethiopia Builds over the Blue Nile: Controversies and the Way Forward

July 25, 2013, Temesgen T. Deressa and John Mukum Mbaku

Reviving China’s Growth: A Roadmap for Reform

July 24, 2013, Ran Tao and Fubing Su

Twenty Years of USAID Assistance to the Economic Transition of Eastern Europe and Eurasia — A Report from the USAID Europe and Eurasia Bureau

July 22, 2013, George Ingram

Corporate Social Responsibility and Latecomer Industrialization: Can Nigeria Do It?

July 21, 2013, Richard Joseph, Kelly Spence and Abimbola Agboluaje