Africa
Foresight Africa 2024
The global economy is on an unsustainable path characterized by widening economic and social inequities, environmental degradation, and increasing concentration of poverty and deprivation that threaten global peace and prosperity.
The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings equips global, national, and local policymakers with the cutting-edge knowledge and actionable tools they need to address shared challenges and achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous economic system for all.
Latest work
Global Education
Why families and communities are central to education system transformation
Demographics & Population
‘The Rise of the Global Middle Class’: An interview with Homi Kharas
Global Economy & Development
Scaling up social policies
Experts
Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly
Vice President and Director
- Global Economy and Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
@BSangafowaCoul
John W. McArthur
Director
- Center for Sustainable Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
@mcarthur
Aloysius Uche Ordu
Director
- Africa Growth Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
@AloysiusOrdu
Rebecca Winthrop
Director
- Center for Universal Education,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
@RebeccaWinthrop
