PAST EVENT
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Aspen, CO
Poverty is both a cause of insecurity and a product of it. To explore this tangled web, in August 2006, the Brookings Blum Roundtable discussed the challenges and possible solutions with a diverse group of leaders, including policymakers, business executives and academics, and developed recommendations for change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, January 23, 2008, House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
In a world facing 21st century threats from global poverty, pandemics, and terrorism, foreign aid has assumed renewed importance as a critical instrument for advancing American values, interests, and national security. Lael Brainard offers Congress recommendations for urgent reform since U.S. foreign aid policy has become incoherent and its implementation fragmented. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jessica Cohen and Pascaline Dupas, December 2007, The Brookings Institution
In a new Global working paper, Jessica Cohen studies malaria prevention efforts in detail, analyzing whether free distribution or cost-sharing of anti-malarial insecticide-treated nets in Kenya affects prevention of the disease. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amanda Glassman and Christopher Lane, November 29, 2007, The Brookings Institution
The continuity and sustainability of global health financing continues to be a major challenge in the fight to stem HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries. Brookings Global Health expert Amanda Glassman examines country-based endowment funds as one innovative financing mechanism that could help alleviate this ongoing problem. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jacques van der Gaag and Emily Gustafsson-Wright, November 29, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Reflecting on World AIDS Day, Brookings Global Health Financing scholars discuss the importance of providing low-cost health insurance to low-income households to help guarantee HIV/AIDS treatment. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William Easterly, November 2007, The Brookings Institution
In a new Brookings Global working paper, William Easterly analyzes the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and argues that the initial definitions of “success” or “failure” have made attainment of the MGDs less likely in Africa than in other regions. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Washington, DC
Brookings and the Center for Global Development hosted William Easterly for a presentation of his recent paper, “How the Millennium Development Goals Are Unfair to Africa.” Easterly discussed his analysis that most African countries’ predicted failure will result more from the design of the goals and how they are measured than from unique deficiencies in Africa’s development process.
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PAST EVENT
Monday, March 12, 2007
Washington, DC
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) and the Brookings Institution co-hosted a private sector forum to promote key achievements and to present practical methods for increased corporate involvement in an effective and innovative malaria response. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen and Stephanie Hanson, February 06, 2008, Council on Foreign Relations
Despite the UN resolution creating an international peacekeeping force for Darfur with 26,000 troops, the force has been unable to fully deploy into the region. Brookings expert Roberta Cohen discusses the difficulties surrounding the deployment with Stephanie Hanson of the Council on Foreign Relations. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Washington, DC
Gonzalo Vargas-Llosa, a senior policy adviser from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, participated in a discussion on the current realities in Darfur. He was joined by experts Colin Thomas-Jensen, a policy adviser with the ENOUGH Project, and Paul Miller, Africa adviser with Catholic Relief Services. Elizabeth Ferris, senior fellow and co-director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, moderated the discussion. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vicki Huddleston, May 09, 2008, The Washington Times
Following the recent U.S. air strike targeting a Somali militant, Vicki Huddleston warns that in order for the U.S. not to lose support of the African and international community "we must consider the costs and the benefits of our actions." Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jacquie Kiggundu, May 06, 2008, Ethiopian Community Development Council-Center for African Refugees and Immigrants Conference
The issue of land and land tenure systems is moving beyond the purview of legal analysts and on to the agenda of humanitarian practitioners. Jacquie Kiggundu says that addressing restitution, compensation and land reform issues are crucial to developing long-term solutions to displacement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko, March 2008, The Brookings Institution
William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko discuss the costs and benefits of brain drain for African countries. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, March 14, 2008
Washington, DC
Though a power sharing agreement signed between Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga was a step towards the end of the political impasse in Kenya, much remains to be done to address the many social and economic problems that have come to the fore in Kenya since the December 2007 election. On March 14, the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement hosted a luncheon seminar on these issues. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khalid Koser, March 14, 2008, Towards a Lasting Peace: Addressing the Political and Humanitarian Situation in Kenya, Brookings-Bern Project Seminar
The post-election outbreak of violence in Kenya displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Any effort at moving forward in Kenya needs to account for those displaced by the violence and help them find durable solutions if lasting peace and stability are to be found. Read More