Global Economy and Development

The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings generates actionable insights and tools to address shared challenges and achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world for all.

NAIROBI, KENYA, October 2013: Co-workers at the iHub Nairobi, a working space for technology entrepreneurs

Aerial view of wind turbines on a sea shore.

ALANGAON, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA - February 22, 2014: Happy Indian rural girl at their school, Alangaon, Amravati , Maharashtra, India

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The global economy is on an unsustainable path characterized by widening economic and social inequities, environmental degradation, and increasing concentration of poverty and deprivation that threaten global peace and prosperity.

The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings generates actionable insights and tools that address shared economic and social challenges. We collaborate with local, national, and global policy actors and communities to achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world for all.

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September

2024

On the Front Porch with Tony Pipa: A special Election ’24 conversation with Sarah Mills about the energy transition in rural America

The Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor MI

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

Latest work

Global Education How education fails young women in Mexico and what we can do about it

Magdalena Rodr铆guez Romero

September 10, 2024

Global Economy & Development Development interdependence: Locally driven, globally informed

George Ingram, Sarah Rose, Rachel Leeds, Tariq Ahmad, Martha Bowen, Meghan Armistead, Marin Belhoussein, Gretchen King, Larry Cooley, John Coonrod, Gunjan Veda, Justin Fugle, Claudia Gonzalez, Anna Molero, Brianna Guidorzi, Karl Hofmann, Dylan Matthews, Vahe Mirikian, Anthony F. Pipa, Susan Reichle, Ritu Sharma, Cynthia Smith, William von Schrader, Jenny Russell

September 9, 2024

Global Economy & Development Enabling African philanthropy

Una Osili

September 6, 2024

Upcoming Event

September 18

2024

Regional Inequality On the Front Porch with Tony Pipa: A special Election ’24 conversation with Sarah Mills about the energy transition in rural America

The Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor MI

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

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