PAST EVENT
Thursday, May 21, 2009
12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC
Experts have called for U.S. foreign assistance—and specifically the U.S. effort to support global development—to be reformed in order to become more strategic, coherent and effective. On May 21, the Brookings Institution hosted Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for a discussion of U.S. foreign assistance reform and the importance of foreign relations authorization. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jane Nelson and Noam Unger, May 2009, The Brookings Institution
As the Obama administration and Congress work to reform an outdated foreign assistance system, they have an opportunity to adapt official U.S. efforts to more effectively and efficiently support global development in partnership with businesses and civil society. Jane Nelson and Noam Unger recommend ways the U.S. government can better position itself within the 21st century global development ecosystem.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noam Unger and Frederick Barton, April 2009, The Brookings Institution
Critical stabilization and reconstruction missions abroad must not only be viewed through the lenses of short-term goals or military operations, but as a key step in supporting sustainable economic development. In a workshop report, Noam Unger and Frederick Barton explore ways to rebalance American statecraft by strengthening civilian stabilization and development capacity within the U.S. government. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noam Unger and Abigail Jones, March 2009, InterAction's Monday Developments
While there is much to celebrate about the burgeoning aid landscape, there is also much to learn and do. In an article in InterAction's Monday Developments, Noam Unger and Abigail Jones argue that if new and traditional players collaborate effectively, their efforts could be more than the sum of the parts. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Washington, DC
The fight against global poverty has become a fight for global security. But after an awkward entrance into the 21st century, America must redefine its role in the world, including its relations with developing countries. Colin Bradford offered a public memo to the president-elect with recommendations how to modernize U.S. aid efforts and address the global development challenges of the new century effectively and with accountability. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Colin I. Bradford and Noam Unger, December 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution
America cannot afford to retreat from the fight against global poverty in a world where remote challenges can rapidly metastasize into global threats. Instead the United States must demonstrate renewed leadership and showcase its national spirit by investing wisely through more effective global development cooperation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noam Unger and Abigail Jones, November 2008, The Brookings Institution
After decades of low and volatile growth, economic performance in Sub-Saharan Africa markedly improved over the last decade. Calls for increasing the effectiveness of development aid will likely become more amplified as recipients and donors alike seek to ensure that current investments yield greater impacts. A new paper reflects on U.S. foreign assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa and offers lessons to the new administration. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 2008, The Brookings Institution
As President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard and Noam Unger, September 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution
On the seventh anniversary of September 11, Lael Brainard and Noam Unger examine how the global development agenda has changed and how the U.S. can take critical steps to lead on efforts to reduce global poverty. Read More
BOOK
Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet, August 01, 2008
An unprecedented explosion of development players heralds a new era of global action on poverty. Global Development 2.0 celebrates this transformative trend within international aid and offers lessons to ensure that this wave of generosity yields lasting and widespread improvements to the lives and prospects of the world’s poorest. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Craig Cohen and Noam Unger, July 2008, The Stanley Foundation and the Center for a New American Security
In a recent article written for a 2008 project of the Stanley Foundation and the Center for a New American Security, Noam Unger and Craig Cohen, associate vice president for research and programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, examine recent efforts to modernize U.S. civilian international affairs agencies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard and Noam Unger, June 16, 2008, Los Angeles Times
Lael Brainard and Noam Unger discuss how the global food crisis showcases America’s limited current capability to respond effectively to global development challenges, and argue that the U.S. must modernize its foreign aid system in order to effectively offer solutions to poverty and lead internationally. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
With its hard power stretched thin and facing 21st century threats from poverty, pandemics, and terrorism, the United States needs to revitalize its foreign aid infrastructure to ensure it effectively executes on America’s aspirations and aid dollars. On June 10, Lael Brainard from Brookings joined other leading global development experts, and Reps. Berman and Lowey and Senator Hagel, to discuss how the U.S. foreign aid system must change. A new consensus proposal for reform was also issued, which contains a number of Brookings’ recommendations. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noam Unger, May 02, 2008, The Brookings Institution
President Bush recently called on Congress to increase U.S. food aid and development programs by $770 million. In a recent op-ed, Noam Unger, senior manager of Brookings’ Foreign Aid Reform Project, discusses how U.S. assistance programs should be strengthened in order to improve the effectiveness of America’s aid during the global food crisis and beyond. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, April 23, 2008, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
As the world faces security threats from impoverished states, the global community searches for solutions to poverty. Lael Brainard offers Congress recommendations for modernizing the U.S. aid infrastructure.
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