Global Inequality

Children in India receive food assistance.

Future Development

COVID-19 and poverty vulnerability

Fabian Mendez Ramos and Jaime Lara

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A map of the world with coins stacked near it.

Future Development

The new global tax deal is bad for development

Julie McCarthy

Monday, May 16, 2022

Close-up of calculator on Indian rupee banknotes on table.

Report

A bad deal for development: Assessing the impacts of the new inclusive framework tax deal on low- and middle-income countries

Julie McCarthy

Monday, May 16, 2022

China

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Ryan Hass, Kevin Dong, Jude Blanchette, and Briana Boland

Monday, May 16, 2022

Reports

The touristic and empty Serrano Square in the Palermo neighborhood with a delivery Rappi waiting for the next course. Argentina extended their lockdown through July 17, leaving the country's tourism industry reeling. Buenos Aires, Argentina - July 6, 2020.La place Serrano, vide dans le quartier touristique de Palermo. Une livreuse Rappi est assise en attendant la prochaine commandeL Argentine a prolonge le confinement jusqu au 17 juillet, impactant fortement l industrie du tourisme. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 6 juillet 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Report

Pandemic divergence: A short note on COVID-19 and global income inequality

Federico Filippini and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Report

Essays on a 21st century multilateralism that works for all

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Kemal Derviş, Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur, Amrita Narlikar, José Antonio Ocampo, Eswar Prasad, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dennis J. Snower, Vera Songwe, and Nathalie Tocci

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Essay

Public health: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate

Thursday, January 20, 2022

A girl in India uses a computer for onlline learning

Report

Ed tech and educational opportunity during the COVID-19 school closures

Emiliana Vegas, Sheral Shah, and Brian Fowler

Monday, August 23, 2021

Report

Technology, growth, and inequality: Changing dynamics in the digital era

Zia Qureshi

Friday, February 12, 2021

Blog Posts

Colorful silhouettes of diverse men and women.

Future Development

The global challenge of gender equality: Welcoming Caren Grown to Brookings

John W. McArthur

Monday, April 11, 2022

Future Development

Do the poor suffer disproportionately from legal problems?

Paul Prettitore

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Kigali, Rwanda.- In the photos taken on August 24, 2021, it shows a vaccination center against the coronavirus. The introduction of booster doses in the most developed countries threatens the progress of vaccination against Covid-19 in Africa and global and equitable access to immunization, denounced the World Health Organization (WHO).

Future Development

Why global vaccine equity is the prescription for a full recovery

Indermit Gill and Michele Ruta

Friday, February 11, 2022

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How can democracies harness technology to promote inclusive economic growth and development?

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Challenges in the post-COVID global economic recovery

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Fred Dews

Friday, March 4, 2022

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Investment in science and technology is key to an Africa economic boom

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Landry Signé, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Indian teacher and students wearing protective face mask attend their class at a government girls school after the Rajasthan government allowed schools to reopen for VIth to VIIIth classes in Beawar. (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

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Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

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Global Inequality

COVID-19 and poverty vulnerability

The new global tax deal is bad for development

A bad deal for development: Assessing the impacts of the new inclusive framework tax deal on low- and middle-income countries

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Reports

Pandemic divergence: A short note on COVID-19 and global income inequality

Essays on a 21st century multilateralism that works for all

Public health: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Ed tech and educational opportunity during the COVID-19 school closures

Technology, growth, and inequality: Changing dynamics in the digital era

Blog Posts

The global challenge of gender equality: Welcoming Caren Grown to Brookings

Do the poor suffer disproportionately from legal problems?

Why global vaccine equity is the prescription for a full recovery

Events

How can democracies harness technology to promote inclusive economic growth and development?

Public health in Africa: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Growth and distribution in the digital era

Related Books

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

Declining Inequality in Latin America

Experts

Julie McCarthy

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

Multimedia

Challenges in the post-COVID global economic recovery

Investment in science and technology is key to an Africa economic boom

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

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