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Jennifer L. O’Donoghue

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Sarah Reber

Visiting Fellow - Economic Studies

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Students return to classrooms, amid the easing of quarantine and the gradual opening of the country in Durban, South Africa on June 8, 2020. Since March 19, the beginning of strict confinement decreed by the president Cyril Ramaphosa to combat the covid-19 pandemic, South African schools had been closed. By virtue of a relaxation, this Monday (8) the secondary classes were officially resumed throughout the territory. (NO RESALE)

Report

How have impact bond-funded projects in low- and middle-income countries fared in COVID-19?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sarah Osborne, and Emily Crane

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 21, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's First Deputy Defense Minister Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, attend an extended meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center. Sergei Guneyev/POOL/TASS.No use Russia.

Order from Chaos

Germany holds the key to deterring Russian moves against Ukraine

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a military exhibition before an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia December 21, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Russia’s draft agreements with NATO and the United States: Intended for rejection?

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

An aerial view shows traffic on the East Los Angeles Interchange complex, the busiest freeway interchange in the world, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 10, 2021. Interstate 5 (I-5), Interstate 10 (I-10), U.S. Route 101 (US 101), and State Route 60 (SR 60) all converge at the East Los Angeles Interchange. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan

The Avenue

Around the halls: Built environment issues that could define 2022

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami, Alex Berke, Rushaine Goulbourne, Noah Kazis, Elizabeth Kneebone, Anika Singh Lemar, Blair Levin, Robert Puentes, Gian Claudia Sciara, Evan Siddall, Christopher Severen, and Dr. Jan Whittington

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

U.S. President Joe Biden convenes a virtual summit with leaders from democratic nations at the State Department's Summit for Democracy, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. December 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

FixGov

The Biden Democracy Summit: Will it actually work?

Norman Eisen, Andrew Kenealy, and Mario Picon

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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The Avenue

Why is life expectancy so low in Black neighborhoods?

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr

Monday, December 20, 2021

Warehouse workers deal with inventory stacked up to the ceiling at an ABT Electronics Facility in Glenview, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2018. Picture taken December 4, 2018. To match Insight USA-RETAILERS/TRADE REUTERS/Richa Naidu

Podcast Episode

The United States’ unusual recovery from pandemic recession

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti and David Dollar

Monday, December 20, 2021

A woman holding her mobile phone walks past a sales advertisement poster in front of a shoe store in Tokyo February 15, 2015. Japan's economy rebounded from recession to grow an annualized 2.2 percent in the final quarter of last year, giving a much-needed boost to premier Shinzo Abe's efforts to shake off decades of stagnation even as the global outlook deteriorates. Picture taken February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Future Development

Does government debt increase after global recessions?

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

M. Ayhan Kose

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Chief Economist and Director, Prospects Group - World Bank

FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration//File Photo

Future Development

Debt tsunami of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

A U.S. Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division, aims his rifle in front of a bullet riddled map of Afghanistan painted on a wall of an abandoned Canadian-built school in the Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 9, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

TechStream

The crucial need to secure the location data of vulnerable populations

Faine Greenwood

Friday, December 17, 2021

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The Avenue

How equity isn’t built into the infrastructure bill—and ways to fix it

Carlos Martín, Andre M. Perry, and Anthony Barr

Friday, December 17, 2021