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 we have been lucky in recent years to avoid even greater losses. Rising global greenhouse gas emissions mean that Mother... 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 (Figure 1). Rather, the share of the services sector increased from 40 percent to 50 percent between 1991 and 2018,... 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? Even before the pandemic struck, many students were learning little from the intended curricula, with half of 10-year-olds in low-... 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 (TB), and malaria, which continue to be the leading causes of death in the region. In order to better understand... By Brookings Institute, Post 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 es Salaam, Tanzania. Landowners were effectively randomly assigned to one of four groups designed to test different aspects of tax... 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 comparative advantage for job creation in Tunisia in “industries without smokestacks” (IWOSS). IWOSS are sectors that share much in common... 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 reform because “evidence indicates that working with local partners improves the effectiveness and sustainability of our foreign assistance programs.” Ranking... 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, social, and governance (ESG) investors, who are demanding detailed and verified corporate sustainability information. ESG investments—assets that fulfill certain minimum... 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 Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)... By Brookings Institute, External Article Brookings Institute
