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Save to My PortfolioCould the WTO Better Serve the Poor?

Monday, November 09, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Could the WTO Better Serve the Poor?While developing countries struggle to improve their economic status in an environment of increased globalization and trade, the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement mechanism continues to disproportionately benefit wealthy nations. On November 9, Brookings held a discussion on recent efforts and suggested proposals to help developing countries overcome hurdles imposed by the WTO. Read More

World Trade Organization, Developing Countries, Trade Disputes, Trade, Globalization

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioG-20 Summit: Recovering from the Crisis

September 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution

G-20 Summit: Recovering from the CrisisOn September 24, President Obama will chair his first G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. With the world economy improving, leaders will now focus their attention on economic recovery and restoring financial stability. Experts from Brookings Global Economy and Development program analyze top issues to be addressed at the summit and provide recommendations on how to effectively overcome global economic and governance challenges to ensure recovery now and to prevent future crises. Read More

G-20 Summit, Global Governance, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics, Global Finance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInternational Studies: How America’s Mania for College Rankings Went Global

Ben Wildavsky, August 26, 2009, The Washington Monthly

Higher education is fast becoming a global enterprise as students and professors hopscotch from nation to nation. Yet in this new world of mobility and competition, challenges to America’s educational primacy are inevitable—and international rankings are the means by which those challenges are most likely to arrive, writes Ben Wildavsky. A process is already under way to expand international rankings beyond the metrics of reputation and research to include measures of classroom learning. However, this could be both traumatic and useful for the American higher education system. Read More

Education, Globalization, U.S. Higher Education

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Save to My PortfolioClimate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Is a Collision Inevitable?: Brookings Trade Forum 2008/2009

Isaac Sorkin and Lael Brainard, July 31, 2009

Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade. Read More

Climate Change, Trade, Globalization, Global Economics, Competitiveness

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHillary Clinton's Passage to India

T.P. Sreenivasan, July 16, 2009, Wall Street Journal Asia

T.P. Sreenivasan examines the U.S.-India relationship in the context of Secretary of State Clinton's trip to the country. Though he believes the Obama administration has set the right tone with India, Sreenivasan argues that troubles may arise on several policy fronts including nuclear technology and fighting terrorism. Read More

India , International Relations, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Globalization

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioG8: The Run-up to L'Aquila

Federiga Bindi, July 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Federiga Bindi explores topics of discussion in the lead-up to the G8 summit in Italy. Bindi points to high-level meetings prior to the summit as hopeful examples of participants speaking freely on issues of global concern like climate change and nuclear proliferation. Read More

G8 Summit, International Relations, Climate Change, Global Governance, Global Financial Crisis

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Save to My PortfolioEurope and the Emerging Powers at the G8 Summit: "Taxation without Representation"

Bruce Jones, June 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Europe and the Emerging Powers at the G8 Summit: As the G8 summit nears, Bruce Jones highlights the problems involved in holding international decision-making meetings with just a handful of countries in an increasingly interconnected world. Jones argues that it is time to get serious about new modes of cooperation that gives a stronger voice to rising powers such as India and China. Read More

G8 Summit, Global Governance, International Organizations, International Relations, Transnational Security Threats

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAmerican Leadership in a Global Century

Carlos Pascual, June 12, 2009, Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College

American Leadership in a Global CenturyCarlos Pascual delivered the commencement address at Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College. Pascual challenged graduates to make operational the perspectives of American leadership in a globalized world. Read More

Transnational Security Threats, Globalization, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, International Organizations

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinancial Globalization and Economic Policies

M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff and Shang-Jin Wei, April 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Financial Globalization and Economic PoliciesIn a new working paper, Eswar Prasad and co-authors examine the economic policies that can help developing countries manage the process of financial globalization and recommend a tailored approach to balance the risks and benefits of financial integration. Read More

Global Financial Crisis, Developing Countries, Development, Economic Development, Global Economics

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Save to My PortfolioBrazil as an Economic Superpower?: Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy

Lael Brainard and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, April 01, 2009

Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil, Europe, and the United States to examine the present state and likely future of Brazil’s economy. Their findings can be found in Brazil as an Economic Superpower? The authors’ analysis focuses particularly on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. Read More

Brazil, Latin America, BRICs, Global Economics, Energy Security

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Save to My PortfolioThe Obama Administration and the Americas: Agenda for Change

Abraham F. Lowenthal, Ted Piccone, Laurence Whitehead and Foreword by Strobe Talbott, April 01, 2009

The Obama administration inherits a daunting set of domestic and international policy challenges. The Obama Administration and the Americas, however, argues that the new administration should focus early and strategically on Latin America. Read More

Latin America, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Diplomacy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioShaping a Globalized World

Carlos Pascual, March 31, 2009, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Carlos Pascual believes short- and long-term issues of globalization cannot be considered independently from one another. Rather, the biggest challenge for transnational governance lies in the scale of the global agenda, and the complexity and interconnectedness of individual issues. Pascual calls for a redefinition of global responsibilities in order to tackle the essential challenges of a globalized world. Read More

Global Governance, Globalization, Transnational Security Threats, International Organizations, United Nations

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Save to My PortfolioHow to Improve Governance: A New Framework for Analysis and Action

David de Ferranti, Anthony J. Ody and with Justin Jacinto and Graeme Ramshaw, March 01, 2009

This perceptive book emphasizes the need for an overall analytical framework that can be applied to different countries to help analyze the current situation, identify potential areas for improvement, and assess their relative feasibility and the steps needed to promote them. Read More

Global Governance, Corruption, Bureaucracy, Corporate Governance, Economic Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Chinese Growth Experience: A Golden Tapestry

Eswar Prasad, February 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The Chinese Growth Experience: A Golden Tapestry

In a book review of "China’s Great Economic Transformation," edited by Loren Brandt and Thomas Rawski, Eswar Prasad focuses on critical questions about China's growth rates in recent years, including whether China has changed the laws of economics.

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China's Economy, China, Economic Development, Globalization, Politics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioOil, Globalization, and Political Reform in the Middle East

Shibley Telhami, Benjamin Smith, Michael Ross and Steven Heydemann, February 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution

In this U.S.-Islamic World Forum discussion paper, Shibley Telhami, Ben Smith, Michael Ross and Steven Heydemann explore issues of governance reform in the Middle East. Their comments and essays provide insights into the slow reform efforts and move the discourse away from the distorted emphasis on religion and culture. Read More

Middle East, Energy Security, Globalization, Politics, International Relations

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Johannes F. Linn

Director, Wolfensohn Center for Development

A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Johannes Linn is the director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development, and focuses on international development and global governance issues.
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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

ExpertFederiga Bindi

Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.