Poverty

The storefront of an Advance America loan store is shown in Palm Springs, California, U.S. June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich - S1AETHPRMZAB

Up Front

Financial well-being: Measuring financial perceptions and experiences in low- and moderate-income households

Stephen Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Friday, December 13, 2019

Cattle hauler truck driver and his daughters standing in front of his truck. It is raining.

Up Front

Who was poor in the US in 2018?

Lauren Bauer, Emily Moss, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A student stands in a library facing away.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Better serving the needs of America’s homeless students

Ariella Meltzer, Diana Quintero, and Jon Valant

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Kids play outside of their home in the West Washington neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana, U.S., June 26, 2019. Picture taken June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC1BE196F320

Education Plus Development

Moving on up: More than relocation as a path out of child poverty

Lisa A. Gennetian and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Reports

A man walks past warehouse lofts and new apartments in the South of Market area in San Francisco, California May 25, 2012. More than ever, technology entrepreneurs, and their investors and employees, are choosing the urban charms of San Francisco over the sprawl of neighboring Silicon Valley. In the South of Market district, the nexus of the city's tech industry, rents are soaring and latte lines are lengthening - conjuring memories of the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. Picture taken May 25. To match Feature SANFRANCISCO-SILICONVALLEY/GEEKS REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY REAL ESTATE) - GM1E86110KI01

U.S. Metro Areas

Policy to help people and help places is not a zero-sum game

Alan Berube

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Five years old Soe Morales peers to the camera while being carried by her mother during their journey towards the United States, in Guastatoya, Guatemala, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini - RC1421FAAAC0

Children & Families

The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING PUNCTUATION Displaced Iraqi residents carry biscuits and bottles of water as they walk past other residents waiting for the food distribution of an aid organization during the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebration in West Mosul, Iraq June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19775F43A0

Report

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Economic Development

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

Clara Hendrickson, Mark Muro, and William A. Galston

November, 2018

Blog Posts

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Future Development

The geography of poverty hotspots

Jennifer L. Cohen, Raj M. Desai, and Homi Kharas

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

The Avenue

Broadband is too important for this many in the US to be disconnected

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

August 14, 2019

A man carries buckets of water at a vegetable field, near a new residential compound, in Hefei, Anhui province, November 13, 2013. The Chinese Communist Party said it would work to deepen fiscal and tax reform, establish a unified land market in cities and the countryside, give farmers more property rights, and develop a sustainable social security system - all seen as necessary for putting the world's second-largest economy on a more stable footing. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY POLITICS) - GM1E9BD1HLE01

Future Development

Is inequality really on the rise?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

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Events

2019

Jun

Past Event

Racial wealth inequality: Social problems and solutions

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Dialogue on a roadmap to reducing child poverty

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Inequality

By Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci

2017

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, and Homi Kharas

2015

Generation Unbound

By Isabel V. Sawhill

2014

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Experts

Gary Burtless

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Ron Haskins

The Cabot Family Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Center on Children and Families

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

A young woman holds her daughter at a playground in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.

Children & Families

Improving opportunity with policies for women and families

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, May 11, 2018

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a Brookings-Biden Institute event, May 8, 2018 (Paul Morigi photos)

Brookings Now

Vice President Joe Biden’s 5 ideas for helping America’s middle class

Fred Dews

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Social Mobility Memos

Takeaways from the conversation on race, class and culture

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Eleanor Krause

Friday, September 8, 2017

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