New Book

Samantha Constant - Vocational education school in Damascus, Syria.
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.
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Middle East, Demographics, Economic Development, Islamic World, Development
Economic Development

Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov - A display board of foreign currency exchange bureau in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Iran, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Development, Politics
Brookings Blog Post

Reuters/Yuri Gripas - World Bank President Zoellick speaks during opening news conference.
Homi Kharas, September 24, 2009
A topic of discussion at previous G-20 summits, IBRD resources are central to helping poor countries survive this economic crisis. Homi Kharas discusses the importance of making IBRD resources much more widely available to promote development and urges G-20 leaders to continue talks about this issue at the summit in Pittsburgh.
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Development, G-20 Summit, Developing Countries, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty