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People make noise during a protest against an epidemic of kidnappings sweeping Haiti, amid deepening political unrest and economic misery, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

Future Development

From fragility to resilience: Recommendations for implementing the US global fragility strategy

George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris makes virtual remarks from the South Court Auditorium at the White House Complex in Washington, U.S., during the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Up Front

3 ways the international community can make gender equality work more transparent

Sally Paxton and George Ingram

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

A view of Zhangbei data center of Alibaba is pictured in Zhangbei county, Zhangjiakou city, north China's Hebei province, 12 September 2016.China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its cloud facilities vigorously. After announcing a cloud data center in Silicon Valley in the US this March, it has launched a large cloud data center in North China. The Zhangbei cloud data center broke ground in the Miaotan Industrial Park in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, in April 2015. It is expected to host 80 percent of Alibaba's cloud and big data in North China and to serve as the group's North China settlement center. Currently, cloud only accounts for one percent of Alibaba's total income, but the group has bet its future on cloud. The Zhangbei data center, which covers about 165 acres, will cost 18 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to Haifeng Qu, research fellow in the technical support department of Alibaba.No Use China. No Use France.

Technology & Innovation

Institutionalizing Data Analysis in German Federal Governance

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak with European Council President Charles Michel via videoconference at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2021. Michel is meeting with several EU leaders prior to an EU summit which begins Thursday. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS

TechStream

How digital minilaterals can revive international cooperation

Tanya Filer and Antonio Weiss

Friday, December 3, 2021

Refugees sit at a table and charge their cell phones at the emergency shelter for refugees from Ukraine in the Hessenhalle in Alsfeld.

Future Development

Internet poverty: The next frontier in development

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Katharina Fenz, Marianne Nari Fisher, and Homi Kharas

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Lavea Brachman

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Metro

John W. McArthur

Director - Center for Sustainable Development

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@mcarthur

Port

Regulatory Policy

Improving international regulatory cooperation in an age of trade skepticism

Thursday, July 14, 2022

women working

Future Development

Data co-ops: How cooperative structures can support women’s empowerment

Astha Kapoor and Bapu Vaitla

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Miners use water jet to hose down the earth as they hunts for gold near at the Village Las Cristinas in southern Bolivar State January 30, 2009. Four centuries after the lure of Venezuelan gold brought ruin to English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, the riches at one giant mine some say is cursed still haunt treasure hunters from across the globe.Located south of the Orinoco river and near a town bearing the name of the mythical golden city of El Dorado, the Las Cristinas deposit captivates miners and prospectors even though no ore has been legally dug there in two decades.Studies show it may be Latin America's top gold deposit. To match feature VENEZUELA-GOLD/ REUTERS/Henry Romero(VENEZUELA-GOLD/FEATURE ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)

Up Front

Venezuela’s gold: 10 ways to address illicit financial flows from the mineral trade

Robin J. Lewis, Mario Picon, Caitlin Purdy, Lilly Blumenthal, and Supriya Sadagopan

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Fully automated robots are running at high speed at Geely Automobile's Changxing base in Changxing Economic and Technological Development Zone, in Huzhou City, East China's Zhejiang Province, 4 August 2021. No Use China. No Use France.

China

Will China ever become a fully developed economy?

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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Testimony

The Future of Regional Economic Development and Implications for U.S. Economic Development Administration Programs

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Future Development

Development finance is opaque, but transparency is improving

George Ingram and Sally Paxton

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Austin, Texas Aerial

Report

The future of place-based economic policy: Early insights from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge

Joseph Parilla, Glencora Haskins, and Mark Muro

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Blue Mosque in Kabul - Afghanistan

Future Development

Afghanistan’s lessons for the Sustainable Development Goals: Interview with Naheed Sarabi

Naheed Sarabi and John W. McArthur

Friday, September 9, 2022