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With over 1 billion people still living on less than a dollar a day, global development and the fight to end world poverty will continue to be top priorities for the international community for decades to come. Brookings scholars examine the full range of issues related to global development, from aid effectiveness to foreign assistance reform and governance and anti-corruption to fragile and conflict-affected states.
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There are a crop of people at the bottom of the barrel still that are not being affected by the progress that’s being made [in the goal of universal access to primary education for all children]. April 22, 2013, Rebecca Winthrop, New York Times
There are a crop of people at the bottom of the barrel still that are not being affected by the progress that’s being made [in the goal of universal access to primary education for all children].
The IMF has made a call against austerity with no success. April 19, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Los Angeles Times
The IMF has made a call against austerity with no success.
There’s an actual attempt by the U.S. government to encourage American businesses to invest in Egypt. They’re really taking companies there on a ‘Team USA’ kind of approach. April 12, 2013, Bessma Momani , Bloomberg
There’s an actual attempt by the U.S. government to encourage American businesses to invest in Egypt. They’re really taking companies there on a ‘Team USA’ kind of approach.
Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place. March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America
Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.
[China is] also investing quite a bit in manufacturing. It’s also investing in construction. So one of the good things about Chinese engagement with Africa has been infrastructure development. March 28, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Marketplace
[China is] also investing quite a bit in manufacturing. It’s also investing in construction. So one of the good things about Chinese engagement with Africa has been infrastructure development.
If every country tries to race towards the lowest rate, then in the end nobody gains. If you believe there should be no government at all, then fine. But if you believe some government is good, then you cannot have a system that erodes the tax base in all major countries. March 28, 2013, Kemal Derviş, New York Times
If every country tries to race towards the lowest rate, then in the end nobody gains. If you believe there should be no government at all, then fine. But if you believe some government is good, then you cannot have a system that erodes the tax base in all major countries.
[There is] a very serious effort to really pull [the BRICS nations] together despite the differences and differing interests. Yes, it will be difficult to put the [new development] bank in place. It will take a lot of time to accumulate the capital. March 27, 2013, Colin I. Bradford, Bloomberg
[There is] a very serious effort to really pull [the BRICS nations] together despite the differences and differing interests. Yes, it will be difficult to put the [new development] bank in place. It will take a lot of time to accumulate the capital.
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March 20, 2013, Michael W. Klein
Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs. March 15, 2013, Lex Rieffel, The Irrawaddy
Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs.
Having spearheaded IMF reform efforts in the first place, the U.S. is now holding its completion back. March 11, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Financial Times
Having spearheaded IMF reform efforts in the first place, the U.S. is now holding its completion back.
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Homi Kharas
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Global Economy and Development, Development Assistance and Governance Initiative
Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Director, Africa Growth Initiative
Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development
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Johannes F. Linn
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development
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