How to drive US investment to Africa
Witney Schneidman and Gracelin Baskaran discuss methods to increase U.S. investment in Africa.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyNow is the time to build zones of political consensus
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyRecommendations for US treasury and MDBs in developing evolution roadmaps: From fragility to resilience
George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis highlight the central role of resilience and fragility in World Bank and MDBs' evolution and present three recommendations to shape future changes.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyCoping with climate shocks: Ecosystems versus economic systems
Cem Karayalcin and Harun Onder discuss the distinction between resistince and fragility and how both concepts shed light on how well natural and economic systems can cope with climate shocks.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyJapan’s quiet leadership as it hosts the G7 summit in Hiroshima
Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, explains the significance of Japan hosting the G7 summit in Hiroshima, and how Tokyo centers its foreign policy on promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyWhat is the evidence for deglobalization?
Pinelopi Goldberg and Tristan Reed discuss their new BPEA research, using trade, capital flow, and immigration to show that there has been a slowing in globalization beginning around 2015, well before the COVID-19 shocks.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyThe truth about climate action versus economic growth
Vinod Thomas argues that climate mitigation and global economic development efforts must be seen as two sides of the same coin, not mutually exclusive ends.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyAfrica’s seat at the table: Why the G-20 needs the African Union
Why the G-20 needs the African Union.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyUS Treasury Undersecretary Jay Shambaugh on the state of the global economy
On Monday, April 10, the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution convened a fireside chat with U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Jay Shambaugh to discuss the state of the global economy.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyHow did credit market interventions affect macroeconomies during COVID-19?
Governments around the world used both large fiscal packages and credit market interventions to support their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, BPEA authors Gee Hee Hong and Deborah Lucas analyze the impact and importance of the credit market intervention policies.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyThe trillion-dollar bank: Making IBRD fit for purpose in the 21st century
Homi Kharas and Amar Bhattacharya make a case for how and why the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development should expand to become a $1 trillion bank by 2030.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyHow carbon permit markets can lead firms to capture surplus rents
Sanjay Patnaik provides important insights into the intersection of regulation and markets within the context of carbon pricing schemes finding companies with operations in multiple EU countries are more likely to exploit this opportunity than those in a single country.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyApril 2023 update to TIGER: A perilous moment rife with risks
The latest update of the Brookings-FT TIGER indexes (Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery) underscores a perilous moment for the world economy.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyWill Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse lead to a financial crisis?
Donald Kohn discusses why Silicon Valley Bank failed, what regulators did before and after the bank’s collapse, and whether or not this event could signal additional global financial problems in the future.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyAddressing the looming sovereign debt crisis in the developing world: It is time to consider a ‘Brady’ plan
Brahima Coulibaly and Wafa Abedin propose that the G20 adopt a Brady-like scheme to accelerate the restructuring of external private sector debt to restore debt sustainability in affected countries.
Brookings Institution > Global EconomyEmerging market challenges
Economists explored challenges and opportunities confronting three important emerging market economies—India, Brazil, and China.
Brookings Institution > Global Economy