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Reuters/Jamal Saidi - An employee for Lebanon's biggest company and real estate firm, Solidere, shows a journalist a model of Beirut's Solidere development at their office in Beirut.

Save to My Portfolio The Middle East and the New Global Economy: Economic Recovery and a New Government in Lebanon

Tarik Yousef and Jad Chaaban, November 13, 2009

Tarik Yousef and the Middle East Youth Initiative speak with Jad Chaaban about recent economic and political developments in Lebanon, where Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri ended months of negotiations by announcing a new unity cabinet earlier this week. With impressive overall growth projected for 2009, Lebanon’s economy may emerge stronger from the global crisis if the new government can agree on needed reforms. Read More

Middle East, Lebanon, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics, Economic Development

New Book


Samantha Constant - Vocational education school in Damascus, Syria.

Save to My Portfolio Youth in the Middle East: a New Edited Volume

Navtej Dhillon and Tarik Yousef, November 01, 2009

Edited by Navtej Dhillon and Tarik Yousef, Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East (Brookings Press, 2009) represents the Middle East Youth Initiative's foundational research on youth exclusion. Convening perspectives from Morocco to Iran, Generation in Waiting is essential for academics, policymakers, civil society and private sector leaders hoping to better understand the region's youth demographic. Read More

Middle East, Demographics, Economic Development, Islamic World, Development

Economic Development


Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov - A display board of foreign currency exchange bureau in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Save to My Portfolio Tracking the Global Economic Recovery: Insights on the IMF's New World Economic Outlook

Laurence Chandy, Geoffrey Gertz and Johannes F. Linn, October 21, 2009

In May 2009, Laurence Chandy, Geoffrey Gertz and Johannes Linn examined the global impact of the financial crisis based on data from the IMF’s April World Economic Outlook (WEO). Following the release of a new WEO database released earlier this month, they appraise their previous assertions and analyze the salient features of the global economic recovery. Read More

Economic Development, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics, Developing Countries, Development

New Working Paper


Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly - Market vendors wait for customers in Eziowelle, Nigeria.

Save to My Portfolio Do Philanthropic Citizens Behave Like Governments?

Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas, October 06, 2009

Rapid growth in private development aid raises a host of questions regarding the allocation of aid and its selectivity across recipient countries. Raj Desai and Homi Kharas analyze giving patterns from two large, internet-based non-profit organizations and discuss the need for private and official aid partnerships. Read More

Foreign Aid, Development, Developing Countries, Global Poverty, Global Economics

Focus: Middle East


Reuters/Caren Firouz - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Jalili speaks with journalists at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.

Save to My Portfolio Iran Sanctions: Who Really Wins?

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani , September 30, 2009

Iranian officials agreed in principle with the United States and five other international powers in Geneva to export their uranium enrichment program in exchange for a halt in UN sanctions action. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani argues that sanctions would be the wrong choice anyway. Existing sanctions have had no discernible effect on Iran's nuclear policy, and harsher sanctions may actually strengthen President Ahmadinejad's populist control of the economy. Read More

Iran, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Development, Politics

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Tarik Yousef, Jad Chaaban, November 13, 2009

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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

ExpertFederiga Bindi

Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.