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.
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Blending climate finance for low-carbon infrastructure
2018 Aid Transparency Index: Progress to date and new frontiers of aid and development data
The Marshall Plan’s 70th anniversary and the future of development cooperation
Homi Kharas
Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development
Rebecca Winthrop
Director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
By prioritizing security and cutting back on aid and trade, the United States may weaken its long-term strategic position on the continent.
While [cancer and heart disease] can be differentiated from deaths of despair, the underlying cause—the reality of the economic situation for a large segment of the nation’s population—is the same for many who engage in this behavior. In addition to being more likely to abuse opioids, they are more likely to smoke, and to become obese, two of the most common causes of premature death.
“[On upward mobility,] The U.S. ranks smack in the middle of all these 140 countries…for a country that’s among the richest in the world, that is not a very good performance.”
