Climate & Energy
Tending the planetary: Toward an ecology of institutions for Earth system tipping points
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 generates actionable insights and tools that address shared economic and social challenges. We collaborate with local, national, and global policy actors and communities to achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world for all.
Latest work
Fragile States
Capital with a compass: How to unlock investments in the hardest places
Development Financing
Africa’s ‘idle trillions’ are already hard at work
Global Trade
USMCA fails to renew—but it’s not over yet
Experts
Marcela Escobari
Vice President and Director
- Global Economy and Development
Caren Grown
Director
- Center for Sustainable Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Pierre Nguimkeu
Director
- Africa Growth Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Rebecca Winthrop
Director
- Center for Universal Education,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Maysa Jalbout
Nonresident Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education
