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Save to My PortfolioPublic Diplomacy and Humanitarian Response

Monday, May 19, 2008
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

ReutersOn May 19, the Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement will explore the role of public diplomacy in humanitarian crises, assessing the benefits and costs for governments and other organizations when they offer relief assistance after large-scale disasters. Topics to be discussed include: the extent to which humanitarian response is shaped by foreign policy or institutional concerns; the lessons learned from previous experiences; ways to deliver humanitarian assistance both to meet the needs of the victims and to enhance the standing of governments providing assistance; and whether public diplomacy in humanitarian crises can have negative effects. Read More

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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

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Save to My PortfolioThe New Philanthropy and Development Aid

Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The New Philanthropy and Development AidWhile 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

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Food Prices: a Global Crisis

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

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNATO: Membership and Identity in a Post-Cold War World

Clifford G. Gaddy, March 31, 2008, The Current, CBC

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioManaging Global Insecurity Project Consultations in Beijing, China

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Beijing, China

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReform of Global Governance: Priorities for Action

Colin I. Bradford and Johannes F. Linn, October 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioThe World Bank at a Crossroads

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioProtecting Overseas Workers: Lessons and Cautions from the Philippines

Neil G. Ruiz and Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, September 2007, Migration Policy Institute's Insight

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe United Nations in Iraq

Carlos Pascual, September 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioThe U.N.'s Role in Iraq

Brian Cullin and Carlos Pascual, August 23, 2007, The Washington Post

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWill Security Council Resolution 1769 Make a Difference in Darfur?

Roberta Cohen, August 09, 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe New Reality of Aid

Homi Kharas, August 01, 2007, Brookings Blum Roundtable 2007

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Save to My PortfolioThe Global Costs of an Influenza Pandemic

Warwick J. McKibbin and Alexandra A. Sidorenko, July 2007, The Milken Institute Review Volume 9, Number 3

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Save to My PortfolioRestoring America's Leadership Legitimacy

Colin I. Bradford, July 9, 2007, Guardian Unlimited

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Save to My PortfolioInternational NGOs and Poverty Reduction Strategies: The Contribution of an Asset-based Approach

Caroline Moser and Pamela Sparr, July 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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