PAST EVENT
Monday, November 09, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
Broadband and wireless technologies are key elements of our nation’s economic, social and civic development. With the Federal Communications Commission’s stated goals of bringing broadband access to all Americans, it is crucial to determine how to be innovative when investing in broadband infrastructure. On November 9, the Brookings Institution hosted a policy forum to examine this issue and to discuss ways to overcome barriers to developing this infrastructure. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Njuguna S. Ndung'u, October 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Access to financial services is crucial to economic growth and poverty reduction, yet a large proportion of households in developing countries lack access to financial services. Brookings expert Mwangi Kimenyi and Njuguna S. Ndung’u, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, discuss the Kenyan experience with mobile phone banking and how this technology can expand the financial services frontier. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, September 21, 2009
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Recognizing the need to expand the U.S. broadband network to ensure America’s infrastructure and economic development, Congress tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with developing a national broadband plan by early 2010. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered remarks at Brookings on the national broadband plan and other communications issues. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, September 14, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress tasked the FCC with developing a national broadband policy by February 17, 2010 to boost our nation’s communications infrastructure and long-term economic development. Darrell West explores in a new study what consumers want from new mobile communications in the United States, Spain, United Kingdom, and Spain and how these results demonstrate the virtue of innovation and open networks for communications policy. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, July 25, 2008
8:45 AM to 12:30 PM
Washington, DC
The state of the nation’s infrastructure is generating rising public attention, prompted by daily travel frustrations, high-profile catastrophes, urgent calls to address climate change and energy security, and concerns about productivity and economic growth. The Hamilton Project released six new policy papers and hosted a public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf, July 25, 2008, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper
Infrastructure investment has received more attention in recent years because of increased delays from road and air congestion, high-profile infrastructure failures, and rising concerns about energy security and climate change. Manasi Deshpande and Doug Elmendorf discuss a strategy for America to increase investment in physical and telecommunications infrastructure to spur a more prosperous economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, November 08, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
Robert Crandall discusses telecommunications regulatory policies in the European Union and critiques a proposal to enforce functional separation on the broadband market. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Hahn and Hal J. Singer, September 28, 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
Robert Crandall and Hal Singer argue that, eventually, either the FCC or the courts will realize that regulating competitive telecommunications networks for the benefit of select content providers is not in the interest of American consumers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hal Singer and Robert Hahn, June 27, 2007, The Washington Post
Opinion by Robert Hahn and Hal Singer (06/27/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, Robert E. Litan and William Lehr, June 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Robert Crandall, William Lehr and Robert Litan discuss how high-speed internet access has developed rapidly in the last decade and is increasingly viewed as essential infrastructure for our global information economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, May 01, 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Op-ed by Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan (May 2007) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08
Since the 1970s, deregulation has succeeded in increasing overall economic welfare and sharply reducing prices, generally by about 30 percent, for transportation—including air travel, rail transportation, and trucking—and for natural gas and telecommunications. Few industries remain subject to classic economic regulation in the United States. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, November 01, 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper
Robert Litan and Robert Hahn examine the Internet industry today, especially in light of the current "network neutrality" debate, and conclude that further regulation of the Internet is not warranted at this point in time. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert E. Litan and Robert Hahn, March 15, 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
In this statement, a group of economists make the following recommendations to improve the competitive provision of broadband services. Read More