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Save to My PortfolioThe Spring Meetings and the Global Economy

Colin I. Bradford, May 02, 2008, Guardian Unlimited

The Spring Meetings and the Global EconomyMissing from the recent IMF-World Bank ministerial meetings was an understanding that policy development needs to be an interactive process, one that includes financial officials and law makers. Colin Bradford advises the world's legislators must be brought into the conversation about global development in order for these discussions to evolve into successful action. 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

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Save to My PortfolioA Vision for the Future IMF and the Nature of Power within It

Friday, January 18, 2008
Washington, DC

On January 18, 2008, Brookings and CIGI hosted a governance seminar where they explored the concept of soft power reform within the IMF. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCentral Asia: A New Hub of Global Integration

Johannes F. Linn, November 29, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioWhy the Next President Should Care About the World Bank and the IMF

Lex Rieffel, October 19, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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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

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Save to My PortfolioDon't Bank on the Asian Development Bank

William Easterly, October 02, 2007, The Wall Street Journal Online

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Save to My PortfolioWhy We Need the World Bank

Colin I. Bradford, July 2, 2007, Guardian Unlimited

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Save to My PortfolioFormer Trade Representative Nominated to Head World Bank

Kenneth Rogoff, May 30, 2007, The Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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