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"I voted" stickers are on display for voters in the U.S. presidential election at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HT1ECB8183K3O

How voter turnout could affect the 2018 midterm elections

John Hudak · Tuesday, September 25, 2018

College students

Demographics & Population

21st century immigration favors Asians and college grads as the US foreign-born share rises

William H. Frey

Monday, September 24, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech as he and China's President Xi Jinping meet business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC1BAC33F660

China

U.S.-China relations: Is it time to end the engagement?

Jeffrey A. Bader

September 2018

A woman and child walk past a dilapidated building in a run-down neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E73A0I1C01

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

50 years after the Kerner Commission report, the nation is still grappling with many of the same issues

Marcus Casey and Bradley Hardy

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Schoolgirls make their way to their school through a vegetable field early morning in New Delhi December 11, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION) - GM1E9CB169K01

Education in Developing Nations

A landmark month for impact bonds in education

Izzy Boggild-Jones and Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Latest Research

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2018.

India

India’s pursuit of strategic and economic interests in Iran

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

A local newspaper headline announces bankruptcy in Stockton, California June 27, 2012. Stockton will become the largest U.S. city to seek protection from its creditors after its leaders approved a budget based on the city filing for bankruptcy. A Chapter 9 bankruptcy by the city of nearly 300,000 in California's Central Valley, about 85 miles (137 km) east of San Francisco, could come as early as Wednesday. REUTERS/Kevin Bartram (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA) - GM1E86S0GVW01

State & Local Finance

Financing dies in darkness? The impact of newspaper closures on public finance

Pengjie Gao, Chang Joo Lee, and Dermot Murphy

Monday, September 24, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A worker gestures in front of steel bars at a Highveld Steel plant, which has a manufacturing agreement with ArcelorMittal steel company, in Middleburg, South Africa June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo - RC1C7C2AB6F0

Developing Economies

The potential of manufacturing and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, September 20, 2018

U.S. Economy

History credits Lehman Brothers’ collapse for the financial crisis

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Dr. Mohammad Jaber prepares to visit a patient in Sacramento, California, November 17, 2015. Dr. Jaber immigrated from Syria to the United States to pursue a medical degree. To match Feature - FRANCE-SHOOTING/USA-MIGRANTS REUTERS/Max Whittaker - GF20000064026

Health Care Policy

Payment and delivery-system reform — The next phase

Mai Pham and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Events

Panel Discussion |Coal India Ltd.’s Journey and Coal’s Future, with Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya, author of “When Coal Turned Gold”

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

The jungle grows back: America and our imperiled world

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

A stronger Europe: Our common interest

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

Mine workers employed at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft operate a drill in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. Picture taken April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1ECFE663F0

Future Development

Resource-rich Africa can boost growth to reduce poverty

Ivailo Izvorski

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

Brown Center Chalkboard

Getting beyond ‘did it work?’: Proposing a new approach to integrate research and policy

Morgan Polikoff and Carrie Conaway

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A World Food Programme employee uses a satellite phone to coordinate a U.N's World Food Programme (WFP) food aid air drop near the town of Katdalok, in Jonglei State of South Sudan July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Dumo - RC172BCB7890

Future Development

Data is the new feet on the ground

Tuesday, September 25, 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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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19BE6D3090

On the record: The U.S. administration’s actions on Russia

Alina Polyakova and Filippos Letsas

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement, Tunisia's main Islamist political party,attend a meeting regarding International Women's Day in Tunis March 10, 2013. International Women's Day fell on March 8. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - GM1E93B08HP01

Can Tunisia find a compromise on equal inheritance?

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Development Seminar | Engaging private practitioners to improve Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in urban India

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

People walk past a 5G banner during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

The real 5G ‘race’ is to serve all Americans

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Ali Fathollah Nejad

Interview: Recent shootings in Ahvaz

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - LR1ED1I1AAAB4

China’s long game on human rights

Monday, September 24, 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