Global Economy

Report

Sustainable development finance proposals for the global COVID-19 response

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Friday, August 14, 2020

Thu

Sep

Upcoming Event

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on the future of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Online only

Downward trending graph superimposed over virus particles

Op-Ed

Global imbalances, coronavirus, and safe assets

Otaviano Canuto

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Global currency symbols laid over world map with network lines

Op-Ed

Undoing the flight to quality: A multilateral countercyclical liquidity fund

Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, August 10, 2020

Reports

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Technology & Innovation

Can AI model economic choices?

Alex Engler

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Binary code superimposed on the European Union flag

Report

The Court of Justice of the European Union in Schrems II: The impact of GDPR on data flows and national security

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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Report

Leveraging the employment potential of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Global Trade

The global identity of cities: Seven steps to build reputation and visibility for competitiveness and resilience

Greg Clark, Marek Gootman, Max Bouchet, and Tim Moonen

July 30, 2020

Report

Design choices for central bank digital currency: Policy and technical considerations

Sarah Allen, Srdjan Capkun, Ittay Eyal, Giulia Fanti, Bryan Ford, James Grimmelmann, Ari Juels, Kari Kostiainen, Sarah Meiklejohn, Andrew Miller, Eswar Prasad, Karl Wüst, and Fan Zhang

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Blog Posts

Phone with TikTok app open, over U.S. and Chinese flags

Up Front

Why is the Trump administration banning TikTok and WeChat?

Geoffrey Gertz

Friday, August 7, 2020

Africa in Focus

A social distancing reading list from the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative

Louise Fox, Lemma Senbet, Landry Signé, Amadou Sy, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A Palestinian woman uses her mobile phone in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Future Development

COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to strengthen digital safety nets for women

Leora Klapper

Friday, July 31, 2020

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Events

2020

Jul

Past Event

Unlocking Africa’s business potential

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

How deep will the COVID-19 recession be?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Latin America after COVID-19: A conversation with OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Formal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector

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Circus Maximus

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2020

ESG Investment

Edited by Naoko Nemoto and Naoyuki Yoshino

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Experts

Otaviano Canuto

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development

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David Dollar

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Multimedia

Global Trade

A progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital

Kimberly Clausing and David Dollar

Monday, July 27, 2020

China

Will China’s debt bubble ever pop?

Tom Orlik and David Dollar

Monday, July 13, 2020

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port in Cape Town, South Africa.

Global Economy

Africa’s roadmap for long-term economic growth

Landry Signé and David Dollar

Monday, June 29, 2020

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