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Save to My PortfolioGood Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality and Economic Growth in Mexico

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Jennifer Szymaszek - <BR> Mexican Indian coffee-picker <br> collects beans near Tuzamapa. <br> Juarez earns about $2 per day <BR> for the work.The Wolfensohn Center for Development hosted a discussion with Santiago Levy, nonresident senior fellow and former deputy minister of finance of Mexico, about his new book, which recommends that in order to help bring Mexico’s poor out of poverty the country’s social programs should be improved to increase productivity, workers’ wages, and overall economic growth. Read More

Mexico, Latin America, Economic Development, Developing Countries, Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDisaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International Community

Lex Rieffel, May 07, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Disaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International CommunityWith more than a million people killed, missing, or uprooted by the cyclone that struck Myanmar/Burma on May 3, international aid groups and foreign governments are mobilizing food, water and other assistance for the country. Lex Rieffel, who is currently studying the Asian perspective on Myanmar/Burma, addresses some of the key policy challenges. Read More

Foreign Aid, Myanmar, Global Food Crisis, Southeast Asia, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe New Philanthropy and Development Aid

Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The New Philanthropy and Development AidWhile the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings made recent headlines, the Global Philanthropy Forum, gathering top private aid donors, fell in the shadows. These private aid donors will likely give more aid to the world’s poor this year than the institutions that convened the Spring Meetings. Raj Desai and Homi Kharas compare these two events and discuss how private aid can help to relieve global poverty. Read More

Foreign Aid, Global Governance, International Monetary Fund, Global Food Crisis, Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Food Prices: a Global Crisis

Homi Kharas, April 23, 2008, Newshour with Jim Lehrer

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Save to My PortfolioBusiness Champions for Early Child Development

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Hague, Netherlands

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Save to My PortfolioEconomic Growth Strategies for Developing Countries in an Era of Global Uncertainty

Lael Brainard, Robert E. Rubin, Lawrence H. Summers and A. Michael Spence, April 14, 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioShort Term Fixes for Development Assistance

Homi Kharas and Abdul Malik, April 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioMobilizing Talent for Global Development

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCapital Account Liberalization, Real Wages, and Productivity

Peter Blair Henry and Diego Sasson, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIs the Brain Drain Good for Africa?

William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSecularism & Theology: Islam & Politics

Tamara Cofman Wittes, March 19, 2008, The Kojo Nnamdi Show

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMalaysian Elections: Rejection of the Usual Politics

Wing Thye Woo, March 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe "Weak States" Gap

Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, March 07, 2008, The Washington Post

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCan Raúl Castro Revive Cuba's Private Sector?

Raj M. Desai, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCan We Export Democracy?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Christopher J. Coyne, January/February 2008, Cato Policy Report

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Lael Brainard

Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development
Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in International Economics

Lael Brainard is vice president and director of Global Economy and Development. Formerly White House Deputy National Economic Adviser and Associate Professor at MIT, she focuses on competitiveness, trade, international economics, U.S. foreign assistance and global poverty.
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