RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Colin I. Bradford, May 02, 2008, Guardian Unlimited
Missing from the recent IMF-World Bank ministerial meetings was an understanding that policy development needs to be an interactive process, one that includes financial officials and law makers. Colin Bradford advises the world's legislators must be brought into the conversation about global development in order for these discussions to evolve into successful action. 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
Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
While 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
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Washington, DC
On April 22, Global Economy and Development at Brookings hosted a luncheon discussion with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and other distinguished panelists. The conversation held on Earth Day tackled questions like how global leaders and a new U.S. administration might utilize new approaches to resolve some of the globe’s most pressing problems including environment and climate change, population growth, extreme poverty and global governance. Dr. Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, shared ideas from his latest book, “Common Wealth: Economic Possibilities for a Crowded Planet.”
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Lael Brainard and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, April 22, 2008
Dr. Jeff Sachs, special advisor to the UN secretary-general and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, was featured at a Brookings discussion on how global leaders and the next U.S. administration might utilize new approaches to resolve some of the world’s most pressing problems, including environment and climate change, population growth, extreme poverty and global governance.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Homi Kharas and Abdul Malik, April 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Poor planning and execution of projects, unachievable goals and a lack of accountability resulting in corruption are a handful of reasons why donors’ development assistance is failing to end poverty. Homi Kharas outlines four short term measures to improve the quality of aid by drawing attention to the growing unmanageable aid delivery system with multiple donors, fragmented projects and divided priorities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Johannes F. Linn, Ralph C. Bryant and Colin I. Bradford, April 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution
IMF governance reform is critical to adequately represent the rapidly growing emerging market economies and protect lower-income developing countries. Brookings experts raise concern over the Fund’s reform proposals and suggest ways to strengthen the legitimacy of the international financial institution. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Colin I. Bradford, April 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Recent international economic news has led many to question the best role for the International Monetary Fund. Colin Bradford discusses the future of the Fund and perspectives on its governance and critical international responsibilities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ralph C. Bryant, April 08, 2008, The Brookings Institution
In a new paper, Ralph Bryant examines the recently approved recommended set of reforms for IMF quotas and voting shares and discusses key governance issues. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Domenico Lombardi and Jim O’Neill, April 08, 2008, The Financial Times
This weekend the IMF and World Bank hold their annual Spring meetings. Domenico Lombardi discusses the IMF governance reform plan and ways in which Europe can help to effectively shape the Fund's future. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clifford G. Gaddy, March 31, 2008, The Current, CBC
This week, Romania is hosting the twentieth NATO summit. Brookings Russia specialist Clifford Gaddy discusses the direction and relevance of NATO in a post-Cold War world. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Washington, DC
The Transparency and Accountability Project hosted Alison Paul DeSchryver and John Johnson, from the National Democratic Institute, to present some impressions and results that have come from recent projects to strengthen the legislature. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Beijing, China
The Managing Global Insecurity (MGI) project visited Beijing, China March 19-21 to elicit Chinese priorities and perspectives on international cooperation and revitalization of the multilateral security system. The visit, one of a series of consultations MGI is conducting in key international capitals, included meetings with government officials, Party leaders, policymakers, scholars, students and private sector representatives. MGI highlighted the vital role China, as new great power, would play in the future of the international security system and introduced some of MGI’s initial recommendations. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Johannes F. Linn discussed issues of global governance reform by looking into the imperatives of a new global economic reality at a distinguished speaker seminar at The Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, Japan on March 5, 2008. Read More