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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai on Thursday under the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community" with hundreds of speakers and industry experts sharing their insights on the latest developments in AI. Intelligent robots are displaying on the ground floor of Shanghai Expo Centre, Shanghai, China, 9 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

TechTank

The Brookings glossary of AI and emerging technologies

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Monday, July 13, 2020

Students in the Munroe Elementary School after-school garden club (L-R) Anai Carrillo, Jessica Grimaldo, Andrea Torres and Sandaley Haileseolph at the table in the foreground chop vegetables to put in a stir fry dish they would cook in Denver, Colorado May 9, 2012. The students learn to grow and prepare healthy meals in the school's garden club, with some of the food going to the school's lunch program. Colorado has the second fastest growing childhood obesity rate in the nation says non-profit LiveWell Colorado. Groups like Livewell are working to reduce childhood obesity by supporting school gardens, especially in low income areas, to provide learning about healthy food while actually providing nourishment. Studies have shown that children are more likely to try eating fresh fruit and vegetables if they are involved in growing them. Photo taken May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) - TM3E85F16B801

Brown Center Chalkboard

The calm before the storm in local education politics

Paul T. Hill and Ashley Jochim

Monday, June 22, 2020

A child wearing protective face mask is carried across the border between Colombia and Venezuela at Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Op-Ed

What the G-20 should do now

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Erik Berglöf, Helen Clark, and Gordon Brown

Monday, June 8, 2020

EL SALVADOR, BRAZIL-The local government continues to distribute free masks in the communities of Salvador, Brazil on May 28, 2020. Brazilian authorities recorded 418,608 cases of Covid-19, 25,935 deaths and 190,845 recovered in the country.

Future Development

Developing countries can respond to COVID-19 in ways that are swift, at scale, and successful

Larry Cooley and Johannes F. Linn

Thursday, June 4, 2020

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Up Front

COVID-19 has made expanded national service more important than ever

Isabel V. Sawhill and Larry Checco

Friday, May 15, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump LISTENS during a meeting with Republican members of Congress in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

FixGov

In the Republican Party establishment, Trump finds tepid support

Friday, May 8, 2020

To combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, covid-19, the Trackvirus application has been developed in Israel to consult in real time the routes taken by infected people. Monday April 27, 2020.Pour lutter contre la propagation de la pandemie du coronavirus, covid-19, l application Trackvirus a ete develope en israel pour consulter en temps reel les itineraires emprunte par les personnes infectees. Lundi 27 Avril 2020.NO USE FRANCE

TechStream

A practical guide for COVID-19 app-makers

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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Up Front

Louise Sheiner on BPEA as an introduction to the policy world

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Hand sanitizer as is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Up Front

What can US fiscal and monetary policy do to limit the economic harm from COVID-19?

Alan Blinder, Jay Shambaugh, and David Wessel

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Dec 4, 2019; Dilley, TX, U.S.A; Young migrants use computers inside a classroom in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas Mandatory Credit: Courtney Sacco-USA TODAY

Telecommunications & Internet

Bridging digital divides between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 2, 2020

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The Avenue

‘Economic mapping’ can help cities target the best places for density and growth

Tracy Hadden Loh and Joanne Kim

Thursday, February 27, 2020

TechTank

Moving from ‘secret sauce’ to open standards for 5G

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

A person holds gold recovered at the end of the informal gold mining process, after the mercury has been burned off, in Bawdie, Ghana, April 4, 2019. Picture taken April 4, 2019. To match Special Report GOLD-AFRICA/POISON REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Future Development

Procyclicality trap in resource-rich countries and how to escape from it

Francisco G. Carneiro and Wilfried A. Kouame

Friday, February 7, 2020

A woman leaves a voting station in a polling place at the Canterbury Town Hall polling station in Canterbury, New Hampshire February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - D1BESMAVHBAB

Podcast Episode

24 hours in New Hampshire

Elaine Kamarck and Chris McKenna

Friday, February 7, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Podcast Episode

Larry Summers on progressive tax reform

Jay Shambaugh and Lawrence H. Summers

Friday, January 31, 2020