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Save to My PortfolioMoney and Morality

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2:30 PM to 3:45 PM
Washington, DC

Money and MoralityIn his new book, Stephen Green explores how the global financial sector could respond to the current crisis in a way that aligns our human desires with our spiritual and psychological needs. On February 16, Green will join Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne, Jr. to share his insights on money and morality in the context of today's increasingly interdependent world economy. Read More

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFive Years of Kyoto

Nathan Hultman, February 09, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Five Years of KyotoThe fifth anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol is approaching. While many view its efforts as a failure, Nathan Hultman believes it leaves a legacy of experience and discusses three interlinked components of climate policy that would be important for any future interational climate change agreement. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioPerilous Times for Latin America

Ted Piccone, February 03, 2010, Current History

Perilous Times for Latin AmericaIn the face of a widespread economic downturn, many Latin American countries are considering organizational changes, including stronger governments. Ted Piccone evaluates the region’s political and financial climate, arguing that the current economic crisis could have substantial negative implications for the future of democracy throughout Latin America. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioFractionalized, Armed and Lethal: Why Somalia Matters

Mwangi S. Kimenyi, February 03, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Fractionalized, Armed and Lethal: Why Somalia MattersFor the last few years, Somalia has held the top spot in both the Index of Failed States and the Fragile States Index. Mwangi Kimenyi discusses the number of factors that make Somalia an increasingly volatile country and urges for a broad international mandate to build a new state. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioHappy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires: Happiness Research, Economics, and Public Policy

Carol Graham, January 30, 2010, VoxEU.org

Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires: Happiness Research, Economics, and Public PolicyWhat measures of human wellbeing are the most accurate benchmarks of economic progress and human development? Carol Graham presents new research suggesting that while people can adapt to be happy at low levels of income, they are far less happy when there is uncertainty over their future wealth. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAre Davos Man's Days Numbered?

Raj M. Desai and James Raymond Vreeland, January 26, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Are Davos Man's Days Numbered?At the World Economic Forum in Davos, global cooperation is at the top of the agenda. As the governance of international organizations is at odds with the global distribution of economic power, this goal for Davos could prove difficult. Brookings expert Raj Desai and Georgetown University Professor James Raymond Vreeland discuss global governance issues among economic institutions and urge that regional organizations might be the best path for economic governance. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioThe Republic of India at Sixty

Arvind Panagariya, January 25, 2010, The Brookings Institution

The Republic of India at SixtyOn the eve of India's 60th anniversary as a republic, Arvind Panagariya reflects on the country's economic accomplishments. As an economy that showed remarkable resilience to the recent global financial crisis, India is still in need of economic reform to sustain and accelerate the pace of growth and poverty alleviation. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioRebuilding Haiti Begins with the State

Mauricio Cárdenas and José Tessada, January 22, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Rebuilding Haiti Begins with the StateHaiti continues to grapple with the disastrous effects of the earthquake. As the relief operations begin to provide essential life support, other problems will emerge. Mauricio Cárdenas and José Tesada discuss the country's critical need for governance and state capacity, urging that Haiti's reconstruction should favor income generation and institution-building. Read More

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioWhat Works in Development? - Thinking Big and Thinking Small

Thursday, January 21, 2010
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

What Works in Development? - Thinking Big and Thinking SmallIn What Works in Development? (Brookings Press, 2009), Brookings Nonresident Fellow Jessica Cohen and Nonresident Senior Fellow William Easterly bring together leading experts to address one of the most basic yet vexing issues in development: what do we really know about what works—and what doesn't—in fighting global poverty? On January 21, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted a discussion on these fundamental global development questions with the book’s editors. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio"Build Back Better" in Haiti: Lessons from the Indonesian Tsunami

Homi Kharas, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution

The recent earthquake in Haiti caused a staggering number of casualties, with the greatest loss of life and destruction in the poorest areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Homi Kharas highlights three valuable lessons from the recovery effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that can be applied to the current rebuilding efforts in Haiti. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioRule of Law Matters: A De Facto Reboot Needed?

Daniel Kaufmann, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Rule of Law Matters: A De Facto Reboot Needed? Senior Fellow Daniel Kaufmann confronts the orthodoxy on the rule of law by reflecting on three distinct circumstances that converge on a common development theme: billions of dollars of ineffective donor aid. He also stresses the need to learn from the lessons of past donor aid missteps in the now-devastated-Haiti. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioRule of Law Matters: Unorthodoxy in Brief

Daniel Kaufmann, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Senior Fellow Daniel Kaufmann challenges the orthodoxy on the rule of law by reflecting on three distinct circumstances that converge on a common development theme: billions of dollars of ineffective donor aid. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioObama and Global Financial Stability

Kemal Derviş and Eswar Prasad, January 14, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Obama and Global Financial StabilityIn this installment of the Status Report, a series of policy assessments of the Obama administration's first year, Kemal Derviş and Eswar Prasad give President Obama a B+ for what the new administration accomplished on economic policy during the global financial crisis, but temper the high grade with an incomplete for the big tasks that lie ahead. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioR.I.P., WTO

Paul Blustein, January 13, 2010, Foreign Policy Magazine

R.I.P., WTOAfter eight painful years of standstill and failure, the Doha talks might collapse once and for all in 2010. Paul Blustein discusses the critical link between the World Trade Organization and Doha, and how this collapse could mark the death of the global trade system as we know it. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioVigorous Waves of East Asian Economic Integration and the Sino-South Korea Trade Relationship

Jian Zhang, January 08, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Vigorous Waves of East Asian Economic Integration and the Sino-South Korea Trade RelationshipThe 2008-2009 recession has shaken Asian exporting nations’ reliance on the U.S. market, and intra-Asian trade is increasing. CNAPS Visiting Fellow Jian Zhang writes that China and the Republic of Korea appear to be moving toward free trade negotiations, which would increase their bilateral trade and would have implications for the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and others. Read More

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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

Research ProjectArms Control Initiative

Few problems pose greater challenges to U.S. national security than controlling, reducing and countering the proliferation of nuclear arms. The Brookings Arms Control Initiative brings the Institution’s multidisciplinary strengths to bear on the critical challenges of arms control and non-proliferation.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

Policy CenterCenter for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

CNAPS conducts research, analysis, and outreach designed to enhance policy development and understanding on the pressing political, economic, and security issues facing Northeast Asia.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

Policy CenterUrban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

The Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution, is comprised of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government.

Research ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

ExpertRichard C. Bush III

Richard Bush is the director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies. His public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan and U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security.