RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Federiga Bindi, July 03, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federiga Binda believes the recent G8 foreign ministers meeting in Trieste has set the stage for pragmatic and operative discussions at the upcoming G8 summit. Bindi examines key issues of the debate including Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation and the future role of the European Union in global governance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Domenico Lombardi, July 2009, Newsdesk Communications Limited
Domenico Lombardi questions whether the G8 is leading the discussion on critical IMF governance reform and claims that the G20 may be better equipped to mobilize these issues. While the G8 may no longer be the guiding force behind the reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions, Lombardi states that it does provide an informal framework to discuss issues of common responsibility among its members. For instance, the G8 Summit should focus on the declining aid flows to poor countries and fulfilling its previous commitments to aid African growth. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David Gartner, July 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In 2000, leaders from the G8 Summit pledged to achieve universal basic education by 2015. Despite their commitments, donor assistance is declining and investments in education for the developing world are being cut, states David Gartner. He urges the G8 to make good on their promise and proposes President Obama to seize the moment of opportunity with a bold investment in education. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, July 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
African development has been a top agenda item at previous G8 Summits, including the creation of the Africa Action Plan and increased financial commitments to support economic growth. Although the continent has seen some progress, Mwangi Kimenyi argues that more should be done and provides specific strategies for more effective development. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Jones, June 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As the G8 summit nears, Bruce Jones highlights the problems involved in holding international decision-making meetings with just a handful of countries in an increasingly interconnected world. Jones argues that it is time to get serious about new modes of cooperation that gives a stronger voice to rising powers such as India and China. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi, June 29, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Policy analysts, civil society groups and aid donors agree that good governance is critical for sustainable economic development. Yet, improving governance and fighting corruption is not always a priority, highlighting serious challenges in global economics. Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi, authors of Governance Matters VIII and the updated Worldwide Governance Indicators, analyze evidence from 212 countries that shows good governance has a strong, positive impact on development. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi, June 2009, The World Bank
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi release Governance Matters VIII: Governance Indicators for 1996-2008. By updating the Worldwide Governance Indicators, the authors measure institutional quality, governance and the investment climate across 212 countries worldwide to show that good governance has a strong, positive impact on development. Read More
PAST EVENT
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Rome, Italy
On June 21 and 22, the Italian Foreign Ministry held a conference in partnership with the Brookings Institution, Aspen Italia, Club de Madrid, Link Campus University – Sage, and Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet – Fondazione Economia Tor Vergata. The goal of the conference was two-fold: to generate ideas that transcend the tyranny of the urgent and could help inform preparations for the Italy-hosted G8 Summit in July 2009; and to generate debate and discussion on longer-term efforts to reform the international system. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlos Pascual, June 12, 2009, Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College
Carlos Pascual delivered the commencement address at Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College. Pascual challenged graduates to make operational the perspectives of American leadership in a globalized world. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng, June 2009, International Security, Armaments and Disarmament in 2008, SIPRI Yearbook 2009
Massive displacement of people within and across borders has become a defining feature of the post-cold war world. It is also a major feature of human insecurity in which genocide, terrorism, egregious human rights violations and appalling human degradation wreak havoc on civilians. Though there has been a critical shift in thinking at the international level with regards to forced displacement, Cohen and Deng argue that concepts of sovereignty as responsibility and the responsibility to protect remain far ahead of international willingness and capacity to enforce them. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Richard Joseph, May 21, 2009, BusinessDay Scholars in Society Forum
Nigeria, which has long struggled with governance issues and poverty, is in need of a profound economic transformation. In the inaugural BusinessDay Scholars in Society Forum in Lagos, Nigeria, Richard Joseph addressed the different challenges and opportunities that lie ahead on the country's path to economic growth and prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, May 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Despite G-20 promises to reducing trade protectionism and barriers, Chad P. Bown shows through new data and a new report that protectionism increased and spread 18.8 percent during the first quarter of 2009. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Richard Joseph, May 04, 2009, allAfrica.com
Marred by violence and intimidation, recent voting in the Ekiti state of Nigeria ended with Segun Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party emerging as the winner of the rerun governorship polls. Richard Joseph argues that if Nigeria is to establish its democracy on a firm basis, a major non-partisan national movement may be needed. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad, May 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The IMF is considering issuing bonds as a way to increase the amount of money it has available to lend to countries struggling in the wake of the financial crisis. In a new article, Eswar Prasad discusses the bond proposal, including the potential structure and impacts on the demand for U.S. treasuries. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Managing Global Insecurity Project, May 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
President Obama took office with a sweeping agenda to restore America’s image and rebuild U.S. alliances to meet the common challenges of the 21st Century. As the new administration passes the 100 day milestone, the Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI) assesses progress toward a new era of U.S. global leadership and compares the early actions of the Obama administration to the recommendations of MGI. Read More