UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Washington, DC
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lex Rieffel, May 07, 2008, The Brookings Institution
With 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
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
Khalid Koser, April 23, 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, April 23, 2008, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Homi Kharas, April 23, 2008, Newshour with Jim Lehrer
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Hague, Netherlands
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Washington, DC
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Washington, DC
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Washington, DC
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko, March 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khalid Koser, March 14, 2008, Workers without Borders: Rethinking Economic Migration, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, March 07, 2008, The Washington Post
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Joshua Hermias and Homi Kharas, February 2008, Development & Cooperation, No. 02 2008, Volume 49, February 2008
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Washington, DC
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard and Vinca LaFleur, February 2008, The Brookings Institution