Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen shortly before sunset in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson - RTX36B6A

GOP budget work heats up, but hurdles remain

Molly E. Reynolds · Tuesday, July 18, 2017

New American citizens wave American flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTS110PR

Cities & Regions

To create economic opportunities, cities must confront their past — and look to the future

Monday, July 17, 2017

A member of staff from Chinese government adjusts U.S. and Chinese national flags before a news conference for the 6th round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR3XZ0B

Economic Development

Expect more process than progress at U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue

David Dollar and Ryan Hass

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during the panel discussion "Launch Event Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative" on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Patrik STOLLARZ/Pool - RTX3AM2N

Global Trade

G-20’s tortured trade language a step backward for free markets

Joshua P. Meltzer

July 12, 2017

United States one dollar bills are seen on a light table at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo - RTX2OGXN

State & Local Finance

Improving financial disclosure by state and local government borrowers

Vivien Lee and David Wessel

Monday, July 17, 2017

Latest Research

Students dissect owl pellets at the Excel Academy public charter school in Washington

K-12 Education

Some schools much better than others at closing achievement gaps between their advantaged and disadvantaged students

David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Elementary students react to the Smithsonian National Zoo's three newly acquired Cheetahs while seeing them for the first time at the zoo in Washington

K-12 Education

Multiracial adolescents show no test score gap with whites

Jonathan Rothwell

Monday, July 17, 2017

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Developing Economies

TPP and India: Lessons for Future Gains

Harsha Vardhana Singh

Friday, July 14, 2017

Tulio Medina (C) and Jennifer Vivas (centre R), parents of Eliannys Vivas, who died from diphtheria, pose for a photo with two of their children at the front porch of their home in Pariaguan, Venezuela January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RTX30FRR

Developing Economies

Is a growing middle class good for the poor? Social policy in a time of globalization

Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Villanueva and her 11-year-old daughter Laritza receive help on their charter school application from Barrio Logan College Institute counselor Pena in San Diego, California

K-12 Education

More findings about school vouchers and test scores, and they are still negative

Mark Dynarski and Austin Nichols

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Events

The impact of global value chains on rich and poor countries

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Launch: Brookings India Health Monitor

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

What elections in Kenya mean for the country, the continent, and the world

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

A cargo ship crosses behind Kroo Bay slum in Freetown, January 23, 2014. As evening falls over Sierra Leone's Banana Island archipelago, bats stream from their beachside roosts to circle in their thousands over the jungle village of Dublin. Below them a struggle is playing out over an unexpected commodity - the lowly sea cucumber, a fleshy, sausage-shaped creature that scavenges for food on the seabed. While the Banana Islanders have no use for sea cucumbers, in China they are prized for their medicinal properties and as a natural aphrodisiac. Picture taken January 23, 2014. To match Feature LEONE-SEACUCUMBERS/ REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS MARITIME) - RTR3NHJC

Future Development

Six steps to start changing how Africa does development

Souleymane Coulibaly

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during 2017 G20 meeting in Hamburg.

Order from Chaos

America’s global image: Implications for Washington and its allies

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The building of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen after it granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put his travel ban into effect immediately while the legal battle continues, in Washington

FixGov

Supreme Court set to scrutinize partisan gerrymandering—and why it matters

Matthew Spector

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

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Books

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Dipl

Foreign Service

By James Dobbins

2017

9780815729006

Loan Sharks

By Charles R. Geisst

2017

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Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media

On the failed health care bill

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Workers of Leoni industries assemble electric parts for vehicles to be exported to Brazil in San Lorenzo, Paraguay December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno - RTS1084K

Global value chains provide new opportunities to developing countries

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration - RTX38H7E

Lawsuit challenging Seattle voucher program unlikely to succeed

Brent Ferguson and Ava Mehta

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

India’s Multilateral Trade Diplomacy

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

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The Changing Face of Work in India

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Beyond Counterterrorism: U.S. Options in Afghanistan and Pakistan

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

New Delhi, India

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