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

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
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 will host a discussion with Santiago Levy, nonresident senior fellow and former deputy minister of finance of Mexico. Along with a panel of leading experts, Levy will discuss 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

Latin America Growth and Development, Mexico, 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, Global Food Crisis, Southeast Asia, Global Economics, Global Poverty

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA New Face of Hunger Should Prompt a New Approach to Foreign Aid

Noam Unger, May 02, 2008, The Brookings Institution

A New Face of Hunger Should Prompt a New Approach to Foreign AidPresident 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

Foreign Assistance Reform, Foreign Aid, Global Food Crisis, Global Governance, Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Food Prices and Displacement

Khalid Koser, April 23, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S. Foreign Assistance: Advancing National Security, Interests, and Values

Lael Brainard, April 23, 2008, House Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Food Prices: a Global Crisis

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

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioBusiness Champions for Early Child Development

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Hague, Netherlands

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioCommon Wealth: Economic Possibilities for a Crowded Planet

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Washington, DC

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioMobilizing Talent for Global Development

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Washington, DC

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 PortfolioDimensions and Dynamics of Contemporary International Migration

Khalid Koser, March 14, 2008, Workers without Borders: Rethinking Economic Migration, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

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 PortfolioCompetition, Not Coordination: Making European Foreign Aid More Effective

Joshua Hermias and Homi Kharas, February 2008, Development & Cooperation, No. 02 2008, Volume 49, February 2008

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioBrookings Global Young Professionals Program Launch

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBrookings Blum Roundtable 2007: Making Poverty History?

Lael Brainard and Vinca LaFleur, February 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIndex of State Weakness in the Developing World

Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Featured Experts

Lael Brainard

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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Susan E. Rice

Susan E. Rice

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development

Susan Rice, a former assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, focuses on U.S. foreign policy, weak and failing states, the implications of global poverty and transnational security threats. Rice is currently on leave from Brookings.
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Carol Graham

Carol Graham

Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Foreign Policy
Charles Robinson Chair in Foreign Policy Studies

Carol Graham’s research focuses on poverty, inequality, public health, and novel measures of well-being. Her projects have included a focus on the developing world and Latin America.
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