2011 Brookings Institution Press

The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

As recently as two decades ago there was no distinct middle class in the People's Republic of China. Today, any meaningful discussion of China's economy, politics, or society must take into account the rapid emergence ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

As the global economy continues to weather the effects of the recession brought on by the financial crisis of 2007-08, perhaps no sector has been more affected and will be under continuing pressure to change ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

Foreign aid is being scrutinized heavily these days-by donor countries who don't want simply to give money away; in the recipient nations who need to make the most of what they have; and among major ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

"The New Brazil" tells the story of that nation's evolution from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected spokesman for the developing world, and an increasingly important partner for the United States ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

Established in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the G-20 has served as a high-level platform for discussing economic analyses and policy responses since 1999. During the current global financial crisis, the G-20's role ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

The global order is shifting in an unprecedented fashion. No major war has intervened to reshape the balance of power; nor has the world seen events as dramatic as the collapse of communism and the ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

Latin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990s, however, income concentration began to fall across the region. Of the seventeen countries for which comparable ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

During a period when established Western economies are treading water at best, industry and development are exploding in China and India. The world's two most populous nations are the biggest reasons for Asia's growing footprint ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

This book is based on a simple concept: no one is in a better position to hold a government accountable than those it governs. Yet, when governments fail to meet the needs of their citizens, ...

2010 Brookings Institution Press

In this wide-ranging volume, international experts explain the links between climate change and forests, highlighting the potential role of this sector within emerging climate policy frameworks and carbon markets.

2010 Brookings Institution Press

The Transatlantic Economy 2010" offers the most up-to-date survey of European-sourced jobs, trade, and investment for each of the fifty U.S. states and U.S.-sourced jobs, trade, and investment for all EU member states and other ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

When he began this book in early 2008, Guillermo Perry argued that developing countries remained highly vulnerable to external risks such as commodity price declines, capital flow reversals, and natural disasters. The economic crisis that ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

The United Nations recognizes 49 countries as least developed - the low-income countries suffering most from structural handicaps to growth and thus deserving special treatment from the international community. Patrick Guillaumont has chaired the group ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

In "Europe 2030", a group of distinguished authors look ahead and deliver their predictions on what Europe will look like twenty years from now. With great insight and drawing on deep reservoirs of experience, they ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

"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 ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

As multilateral negotiations become increasingly complex and protracted, preferential trade agreements have become the centerpiece of trade diplomacy. Pushing beyond tariffs into deep integration and beyond regionalism into a web of bilateral deals, these agreements ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not work-hence much of the stigma that some ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

The potential failure of a large bank presents vexing questions for policymakers. It poses significant risks to other financial institutions, to the financial system as a whole, and possibly to the economic and social order. ...

2009 Brookings Institution Press

Once we paid for things with bills, coins, or checks. Today we pay with 0s and 1s-digital entries on credit or debit cards, or electronic messages sent over the Internet. Digital money moves faster, more ...