What should be the top priority for Africa in 2023? Aloysius Uche Ordu On Monday, January 30, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) will launch its annual flagship report, Foresight Africa. ...
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World + 47 more
What should be the top priority for Africa in 2023? Aloysius Uche Ordu On Monday, January 30, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) will launch its annual flagship report, Foresight Africa. ...
Türkiye + 1 more
Kemal Kirişci Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Turkey Project The massive earthquakes that struck Turkey on February 6 have again upended the...
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By George Ingram and Naheed Sarabi, Tuesday, February 14, 2023 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has under review a draft revision of its 2012 resilience policy for fragile and...
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By Mounir Siaplay and Eric Werker As West Africa enters 2023, the region faces a new period of instability following recent coups d’état in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali. These coups are occurring...
As the war in Ukraine approaches its first anniversary, attention has turned to plans for reconstruction. Among the array of policy briefs, commentaries, and political summits, one critical piece...
In recent decades, as risks of fragility, conflict, violence, climate change, and famine have soared, the number of people fleeing their homes and seeking refuge has risen to 27 million. By 2050, it...
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Dany Bahar Meagan Dooley Cindy Huang Introducción Antes de dejar el cargo en agosto de 2018, el Presidente Colombiano saliente Juan Manuel Santos decretó que 442,462 venezolanos indocumentados que...
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Dany Bahar Meagan Dooley Cindy Huang Introduction Before leaving office in August 2018, outgoing Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos decreed that 442,462 undocumented Venezuelans living in...
Amadou Sy | October 22, 2015 Just a few days ago, on October 18, the Central African Republic (CAR) was scheduled to hold its first true elections since the outbreak of the most recent crisis in 2012...
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Omer Karasapan | March 17, 2015 9:30am The Arab world is in the midst of one of the largest human displacements in modern history, with 14-15 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs)...
The initial drive to rebuild the Gaza Strip following last summer’s destructive war between Israel and Hamas has gradually stalled. Only a tiny percentage of funds pledged at an October donor’s...
Editor’s Note: This blog is the first of three that will profile local leaders from around the world who advocate for improved education—especially for girls—in their communities. These blogs will...
IOM-Brookings report on durable solutions to displacement in Haiti Haiti - The results of a study produced by IOM and the Brookings Institution entitled: “Supporting durable solutions to urban,...
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On July 9, 2012, South Sudan will celebrate its first anniversary as an independent and sovereign state. The January 2011 referendum effectively ended the prolonged, violent confrontation between the...
Hurricane Katrina is the costliest disaster in U.S. history and among the three costliest in the world ever. And as Hurricane Irene reminds us, the potential for a recurrence is not hard to imagine...
EVENT SUMMARY In the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck northeast Japan on March 11, Japan has faced multiple challenges and crises. As Japan has begun major...
Haiti, Natural Disasters, Human Rights, Internal Displacement Elizabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy National Council of Churches' Working Group on Haiti September 09, 2010 - In a...
P R O C E E D I N G S MR. INDYK: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Saban Center at Brookings. For those of you who are new to our luncheons here, it is a Brookings tradition to eat...
ABOUT THE INDEX Rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf area is costing billions of dollars and transforming the lives of millions of people. To benchmark the progress made in this effort, we have...
THIS MONTH'S SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FINDINGS Days Since Katrina Made Landfall: 184 Now six months since Katrina made landfall, New Orleans remains primarily in a gut and wait mode. Homeowners have...