report October 19, 2021 Leveraging the Biden-Harris climate agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals In November, at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference, the U.S. will join the community of nations keeping alive the promise to meet the agreed target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to preindustrial levels.... By Brookings Institute, Report Brookings Institute
report October 18, 2021 Moving beyond GDP: Sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness for economic development What is the best way to assess a nation’s prosperity, not just today but into the future? Growing concerns about climate change, rising inequality, unsustainable resource use, and destruction of nature highlight the need for new economic tools to... By Brookings Institute, Event Brookings Institute
report October 18, 2021 Stability and inclusivity of stablecoins: A conversation with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire While cryptocurrency has been around for over a decade, it has only gained mainstream popularity recently. Crypto backers see the technology as the way of the future, but its instability leaves others skeptical. As a less volatile alternative to... By Brookings Institute, Financial Institutions Brookings Institute
report October 18, 2021 The US needs urgently to raise its macropru game Donald Kohn Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics Senior Fellow - Economic Studies Implementing robust macroprudential policy—addressing threats to financial stability beyond those that were the focus of safety and soundness on an institution-by-institution basis or of investor protection market-by-market—was a... By Brookings Institute, Financial Regulation Brookings Institute
report October 15, 2021 Cautious optimism on the road to Glasgow At the beginning of the summer, I noted how the climate-change narrative had changed in recent years, thanks to tremendous technological progress that has made green energy more competitive and often less costly than older carbon-based technologies. This is certainly... By Brookings Institute, Op-Ed Brookings Institute
report October 15, 2021 20211015 Thomson Reuters Foundation Aloysius Uche Ordu Africa is the world's breadbasket—or should be. It has vast arable land, grows a wide variety of crops and has vast irrigation potential with seven major rivers. Yet, Africa imported $43 billion worth of food items in 2019. Digital... By Brookings Institute, Media Mention Brookings Institute
report October 15, 2021 Improving learning and life skills for marginalized children Even before COVID-19 shuttered schools around the world, rapidly expanding access to high-quality learning opportunities for all children was critically needed. The pandemic has only exacerbated the magnitude, inequity, and urgency of this need. While many innovations exist—often emerging... By Brookings Institute, Report Brookings Institute
report October 15, 2021 Enhancing climate change resilience through self-protection, public investment, and market insurance Between 1980 and 1999, natural disasters caused 1.2 million deaths worldwide. Since 2000, 520,000 have been caused by natural disasters. An optimist sees evidence of climate change adaptation. A realist would say that the death toll is huge and... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report October 13, 2021 The promise of services-led development Manufacturing-led growth has been the central development paradigm for centuries, but it is time to shift the spotlight. The share of industry in total employment across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has, strikingly, remained almost unchanged in recent decades... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report October 12, 2021 How should we assess children’s learning in the COVID era? With widening education inequality due to lost instructional time and other COVID-19 impacts, what should education system leaders do about assessment? Are we interested in what is being learned or in identifying what young people are ready to learn?... By Brookings Institute, Event Brookings Institute
report October 12, 2021 COVID-19’s impact on overall health care services in Africa In addition to directly causing the deaths of at least 200,000 people in Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic is also disrupting critical health services and undermining years of progress fighting other deadly diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report October 5, 2021 Regulating stablecoins isn’t just about avoiding systemic risk It’s good news that financial regulators are focused on figuring out what to do about stablecoins because their growth is creating significant risks. But there’s a bigger picture here than how to bring these new instruments within the regulatory... By Brookings Institute, Financial Regulation Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Greg Wright Greg Wright... By Brookings Institute, Expert Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Property tax compliance in Tanzania: Can nudges help? Abstract Low- and middle-income countries around the world struggle with low tax compliance together with limited capacity to enforce compliance. This paper reports the results of a randomly rolled out text-message campaign aimed at promoting compliance among landowners in Dar... By Brookings Institute, Report Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Industries without smokestacks in Tunisia: Creating jobs in tourism and ICT Tunisia, like many African countries, is facing an influx of young people into its workforce, but the country doesn’t have enough jobs to absorb them. Recent research, though, reveals that there might actually be great potential and even a... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 USAID’s local staff are an overlooked resource to advance locally led development Last week’s House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on locally led development highlighted the bipartisan consensus about its numerous benefits. Subcommittee chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) noted that each of the last four administrations has advanced this vital foreign aid... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 The risks of US-EU divergence on corporate sustainability disclosure Sustainability disclosure is in vogue, with more than 80 percent of major global companies reporting on some aspects of their social and environmental impacts. This is partly driven by growing calls for transparency by civil society organizations and environmental,... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 The risks of US-EU divergence on corporate sustainability disclosure Sustainability disclosure is in vogue, with more than 80 percent of major global companies reporting on some aspects of their social and environmental impacts. This is partly driven by growing calls for transparency by civil society organizations and environmental,... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 G-20 support for improved infrastructure project cycles in Africa Priyadarshi DashResearch and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)Paulo EstevesBRICS Policy Center Rob Floyd African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Arthur MinsatDevelopment Center, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Aloysius Uche Ordu SAfrica Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution Cobus van Staden South Africa... By Brookings Institute, External Article Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 US economic statecraft adrift as China seeks to join mega Asian trade deal China’s decision to formally seek to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the world’s most important Asian trade deal, presents the U.S. with an enormous set of economic and diplomatic challenges. China joining CPTPP would deal a... By Brookings Institute, Op-Ed Brookings Institute
