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.
Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places
Addressing Africa’s youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks
The city of Pittsburgh, ONEPGH, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals
Homi Kharas
Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development
Rebecca Winthrop
Director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
“For American businesses, [Trump's tariff threats] introduce significant uncertainty: it is hard to make investment decisions in the face of continual threats of new tariffs, even if many of them may not ultimately be enacted.”
La buena gobernanza no es la ausencia de escándalos o desafíos. La buena gobernanza, lo ve la ciudadanía, es la capacidad de las instituciones para ejercer el liderazgo de las reacciones ante un escándalo.
Every time the president tweets and there’s a suggestion that the trade war is ratcheting up, we generally get a bad reaction from markets around the world.
