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Couple Carrying Boxes Into New Home On Moving Day

Americans’ local migration reached a historic low in 2022, but long-distance moves picked up

William H. Frey · Thursday, February 2, 2023

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Cutting IRS funding is a gift to America’s wealthiest tax evaders

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, January 26, 2023

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Defense oversight in the 117th Congress

David Ton, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, February 3, 2023

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In preparation for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch, 1st Lt. Kimberly Erskine, Missile Combat Crew commander from Malmstrom Air Force Base, practices procedures at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., March 19, 2015. Picture taken March 19, 2015. To Match Special Report USA-NUCLEAR/ICBM U.S. Air Force/Michael Peterson/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Arms Control

Arms control needs a shot in the arm

Friday, February 3, 2023

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Foresight Africa 2023

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Foresight Africa 2023

Friday, January 27, 2023

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Latest Research

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Economic Development

Lessons from productivity research: Applying these to a strategy for Japan

Martin Neil Baily

Friday, February 3, 2023

Algorithm codes

Technology & Innovation

Algorithmic exclusion: The fragility of algorithms to sparse and missing data

Catherine Tucker

Thursday, February 2, 2023

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Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Elyse Painter

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Miami, Florida, USA - September 25th, 2021 - Downtown overlooking highway construction traffic, buildings and cranes on 395 MacArthur Causeway toward everglades into dark cumulus nimbus storm clouds

Infrastructure

The start of America’s infrastructure decade: How macroeconomic factors may shape local strategies

Adie Tomer, Caroline George, and Joseph W. Kane

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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Redeveloping the primary school curriculum in Ireland

Monday, January 30, 2023

Events

What to expect from Biden’s second State of the Union address

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Nigeria’s elections and their security, economic, and crime implications

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

The Russia-Ukraine War: Year two and strategic consequences

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EST

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Blog Posts

March 1, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2022. Mandatory Credit: Saul Loeb/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

The State of the Union 2023: Biden should challenge Congress to take on Big Tech

Friday, February 3, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS

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The State of the Union 2023: Challenge Congress to act on immigration

Friday, February 3, 2023

March 1, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington. Mandatory Credit: Saul Loeb/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

Biden State of the Union 2023: A need for digital regulation

Friday, February 3, 2023

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Books

Cvr: Ukraine's Revolt

Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge

By Christopher M. Smith

2022

Cvr: Searching for Peace

Searching for Peace

By Ehud Olmert

2022

Fixer Upper

Fixer-Upper

By Jenny Schuetz

2022

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Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains?

Mounir Siaplay and Eric Werker

Friday, February 3, 2023

March 1, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Mandatory Credit: Jabin Botsford/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK

Biden State of the Union 2023: Biden has good news, but Americans are in a bad mood

Friday, February 3, 2023

Smoke rises in the sky following clashes in Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Around the halls: Brookings experts on Biden’s performance in the Middle East

4 ways cities are embracing and promoting playful learning in their communities

Helen Shwe Hadani and Juanita Morales

Friday, February 3, 2023

former Taliban fighter wearing new police uniform, Taliban fighters now have new jobs manning checkpoints on the streets and carrying out security patrols in the Kabul city. The Taliban issued new uniforms for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, police force, after months without an official attire. The biggest changes to the gear include shifting the colour to dark brown and replacing the Afghanistan tricoloured republican flag with the Taliban’s white one. Its roll-out started with 20,000 uniforms mainly in the capital Kabul and Kandahar province. Kabul, Afghanistan, July 22, 2022. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

Afghanistan in 2023: Taliban internal power struggles and militancy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, February 3, 2023

A demonstrator yells in front of a burning barricade during a protest for the recent killings of police officers by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti in 2023: Political abyss and vicious gangs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, February 3, 2023