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Biodiversity conservation, zoonotic diseases, and human security in Africa two years into COVID-19

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

A street sign is seen in front of an American flag hanging on the front of the New York Stock Exchange August 9, 2007. U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P down nearly 3 percent, after a French bank froze three funds that invested in U.S. subprime mortgages, prompting central banks to take steps to calm investors. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

Report

Is democracy failing and putting our economic system at risk?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

William A. Galston

Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon speaks with press while leaving the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2021 after turning himself in earlier in the day at a FBI Field Office on two charges of contempt for his failure to comply with the House committee investigation the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

TechStream

Prominent political podcasters played key role in spreading the ‘Big Lie’

Valerie Wirtschafter and Chris Meserole

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Making human waste a resource at scale

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Letitia Obeng, and Jennifer Sara

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

SPARTHA is a biotechnology company specialized in cell/material interface in the form of nano/micrometric coatings. They create specific coatings that reduce the risk of infection around implants, decrease the inflammatory reaction without having adverse effects on the actual function of the implants.SPARTHA est une societe de biotechnologie specialisee dans l'interface cellule/materiau sous forme de revetements nano/micrometriques. Ils creent des revetement specifiques qui reduisent le risque d'infection autour des implants, diminuent la reaction inflammatoire sans avoir d'effets indesirables sur la fonction reelle des implants.NO USE FRANCE

Report

Advancing precision medicine through agile governance

Kevin W. Doxzen, Landry Signé, and Diana M. Bowman

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Podcast Episode

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 12, 2021: An exhibition at an international congress titled Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare. Sechenov Digital Health Summit held by the Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare research center as part of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.No use Russia.

Podcast Episode

Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Steve Davis, and Pardis Sabeti

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

World at night

Essay

U.S.-China technology competition

Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Emilie Kimball, Jessica Brandt, David Dollar, Cameron F. Kerry, Aaron Klein, Joshua P. Meltzer, Chris Meserole, Amy J. Nelson, Pavneet Singh, Melanie W. Sisson, and Thomas Wright

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Andre M. Perry

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Podcast Episode

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

global economy visualization

Global Economy

The external wealth of nations database

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

An aerial view shows traffic on the East Los Angeles Interchange complex, the busiest freeway interchange in the world, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 10, 2021. Interstate 5 (I-5), Interstate 10 (I-10), U.S. Route 101 (US 101), and State Route 60 (SR 60) all converge at the East Los Angeles Interchange. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan

The Avenue

Around the halls: Built environment issues that could define 2022

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami, Alex Berke, Rushaine Goulbourne, Noah Kazis, Elizabeth Kneebone, Anika Singh Lemar, Blair Levin, Robert Puentes, Gian Claudia Sciara, Evan Siddall, Christopher Severen, and Dr. Jan Whittington

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

U.S. President Joe Biden convenes a virtual summit with leaders from democratic nations at the State Department's Summit for Democracy, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. December 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

FixGov

The Biden Democracy Summit: Will it actually work?

Norman Eisen, Andrew Kenealy, and Mario Picon

Tuesday, December 21, 2021