Global Economy and Development
Founded in 2006, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings aims to shape the policy debate on how to improve global economic cooperation and fight global poverty and sources of social stress. With a long-term vision of strong, sustainable, and balanced growth for a prosperous world, the program undertakes high-quality research, identifies target audiences and policy opportunities, and shares its findings to inform new policy solutions.
Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa over the next decade
The great reversal: How America gave up on free markets
A framework for analyzing constraints to urban economic growth: Workshop
Homi Kharas
Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development
Rebecca Winthrop
Co-director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
We’re seeing a bifurcation of the economy. Some are moving up toward the high end, while others are stuck or are getting shifted toward the low end. And some are leaving the workforce altogether.
When technology is transferred and learned and applied, especially if it’s in an area where the skills are in short supply, that is an element of how to increase productivity in Africa
[On the trade dispute between Nigeria and Benin] "Benin is basically importing for Nigeria- protectionism is difficult to implement in a globalized world, because people find ways around it."
