UPCOMING EVENT
Monday, November 09, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
While developing countries struggle to improve their economic status in an environment of increased globalization and trade, the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement mechanism continues to disproportionately benefit wealthy nations. On November 9, Brookings will hold a discussion on recent efforts and suggested proposals to help developing countries overcome hurdles imposed by the WTO. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
September 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution
On September 24, President Obama will chair his first G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. With the world economy improving, leaders will now focus their attention on economic recovery and restoring financial stability. Experts from Brookings Global Economy and Development program analyze top issues to be addressed at the summit and provide recommendations on how to effectively overcome global economic and governance challenges to ensure recovery now and to prevent future crises. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ben Wildavsky, August 26, 2009, The Washington Monthly
Higher education is fast becoming a global enterprise as students and professors hopscotch from nation to nation. Yet in this new world of mobility and competition, challenges to America’s educational primacy are inevitable—and international rankings are the means by which those challenges are most likely to arrive, writes Ben Wildavsky. A process is already under way to expand international rankings beyond the metrics of reputation and research to include measures of classroom learning. However, this could be both traumatic and useful for the American higher education system. Read More
BOOK
Isaac Sorkin and Lael Brainard, July 31, 2009
Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to
each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
T.P. Sreenivasan, July 16, 2009, Wall Street Journal Asia
T.P. Sreenivasan examines the U.S.-India relationship in the context of Secretary of State Clinton's trip to the country. Though he believes the Obama administration has set the right tone with India, Sreenivasan argues that troubles may arise on several policy fronts including nuclear technology and fighting terrorism. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Federiga Bindi, July 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federiga Bindi explores topics of discussion in the lead-up to the G8 summit in Italy. Bindi points to high-level meetings prior to the summit as hopeful examples of participants speaking freely on issues of global concern like climate change and nuclear proliferation. 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
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
M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff and Shang-Jin Wei, April 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In a new working paper, Eswar Prasad and co-authors examine the economic policies that can help developing countries manage the process of financial globalization and recommend a tailored approach to balance the risks and benefits of financial integration. Read More
BOOK
Lael Brainard and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, April 01, 2009
Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil,
Europe, and the United States to examine the present state and
likely future of Brazil’s economy. Their findings can be found in
Brazil as an Economic Superpower? The authors’ analysis focuses
particularly on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social
investment, and multinational corporations. Read More
BOOK
Abraham F. Lowenthal, Ted Piccone, Laurence Whitehead and Foreword by Strobe Talbott, April 01, 2009
The Obama administration inherits a daunting set of domestic and international policy challenges. The Obama Administration and the Americas, however, argues that the new administration should focus early and strategically on Latin America. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlos Pascual, March 31, 2009, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Carlos Pascual believes short- and long-term issues of globalization cannot be considered independently from one another. Rather, the biggest challenge for transnational governance lies in the scale of the global agenda, and the complexity and interconnectedness of individual issues. Pascual calls for a redefinition of global responsibilities in order to tackle the essential challenges of a globalized world. Read More
BOOK
David de Ferranti, Anthony J. Ody and with Justin Jacinto and Graeme Ramshaw, March 01, 2009
This perceptive book emphasizes the need for an overall analytical framework that can be applied to different countries to help analyze the current situation, identify potential areas for improvement, and assess their relative feasibility and the steps needed to promote them. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad, February 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In a book review of "China’s Great Economic Transformation," edited by Loren Brandt and Thomas Rawski, Eswar Prasad focuses on critical questions about China's growth rates in recent years, including whether China has changed the laws of economics.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shibley Telhami, Benjamin Smith, Michael Ross and Steven Heydemann, February 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In this U.S.-Islamic World Forum discussion paper, Shibley Telhami, Ben Smith, Michael Ross and Steven Heydemann explore issues of governance reform in the Middle East. Their comments and essays provide insights into the slow reform efforts and move the discourse away from the distorted emphasis on religion and culture. Read More