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Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, leaves 10 Downing Street, to make a statement in the House of Commons, in London, Britain November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls - RC1620B3D870

The Brexit endgame: Deal or no deal?

Amanda Sloat · Thursday, November 15, 2018

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos (L) answers a question from the media while getting a tour from Ron Gagliardo, senior manager of horticultural services for the Spheres, during the Amazon Spheres opening event at Amazon's Seattle headquarters in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC15E4464090

Amazon HQ2

Your city didn’t win the Amazon HQ2 beauty pageant. Now what?

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives pose for the 116th Congress Member-Elect Class Photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1A419463F0

Podcast Episode

Legislation or gridlock after the 2018 midterms?

Sarah A. Binder, Molly E. Reynolds, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 16, 2018

Girls look on at the New Horizons Academy in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, September 23, 2016. Picture taken September 23, 2016. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Katy Migiro - D1AEUGJDVVAA

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How the Adolescent Data Hub can accelerate progress for girls’ education

Corinne White, Christina Kwauk, and Thoai D. Ngo

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo - S1AETMZZEVAA

Energy Industry

Oil prices are tumbling. Volatility aside, expect them to stay low over the next 20 years.

George L. Perry

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Latest Research

Alina Peter, AP-Ops Room Coordinator at the Singita Grumeti Fund watches screens displaying information coming from EarthRanger, a real-time conservation data visualisation and analysis software in the operations room at the Singita Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, October 7, 2018. Picture taken October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1E4F1F3070

Technology & Innovation

Using big data and artificial intelligence to accelerate global development

Jennifer L. Cohen and Homi Kharas

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015 (SPIEF 2015) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 19, 2015. Putin said on Friday Russia was doing well in tackling its economic crisis, aggravated by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and a fall in global oil prices. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor - GF10000133125

Technology & Innovation

Weapons of the weak: Russia and AI-driven asymmetric warfare

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Transformative placemaking

Economic Development

Opportunities for transformative placemaking

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The seal for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is displayed in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC18FB5E1BA0

Financial Institutions

The Fed wants to veto state banking authorities. But is that legal?

Peter Conti-Brown

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Transformative placemaking

Economic Development

Why we need to invest in transformative placemaking

Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Events

Development Seminar | Non-performing assets & the slow path to bank reform

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Blog Posts

A U.S. special forces soldier trains Nigerian soldiers during Flintlock 2016, a U.S.-led international training exercise with African militaries in Thies, Senegal, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - GF10000305098

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: US Ambassador to South Africa nominated, human rights in Tanzania, and American security presence

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Vehicles pass by on a road near the construction site of the new Great Mosque, which is being built by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), in Algiers, Algeria January 20, 2016. Algeria is turning to China for external financing for several infrastructure projects including a new $3.2 billion port as the North African OPEC state looks to weather the collapse in global oil prices. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - GF20000101188

Future Development

What happens when development cooperation becomes development competition

Friday, November 16, 2018

Students use a mathematics teaching robot Ovobot during their lesson at the school in Tampere, Finland March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Attila Cser - RC1639E025C0

Education Plus Development

The robots are coming to school: Now what?

Alina von Davier

Friday, November 16, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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FILE PHOTO: Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships is seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo - RC19D3536740

Introducing Dollar & Sense, a trade podcast from Brookings

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles assembly workers build 2019 Ram pickup trucks at the FCA Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S., October 22, 2018. Picture taken on October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC1769AD4280

Wessel’s Economic Update: Can the unemployment rate fall too low?

Friday, November 16, 2018

The fast lane – Amazon’s announcement, understanding the Heartland, and white voter shift to Democrats

Rachel Barker and David Lanham

Friday, November 16, 2018

Teacher Hanan Anzi poses for a picture with Syrian refugee students inside their classroom at one of the UNICEF schools at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, September 22, 2015. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/ Muhammad HamedPICTURE 17 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000226442

Charts of the week: Inclusive digital cities; Syrian refugee children not in school; digital mobility jobs

Friday, November 16, 2018

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford - RC1B5EE7E390

Unhappy anniversary: U.S. withdrawal from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, one year later

Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen

Friday, November 16, 2018

US Capitol

America’s two economies remain far apart

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton

Friday, November 16, 2018

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

Brookings Doha

Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India