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Security by Other Means
Brookings Institution Press 2007; US$ 24.95In the face of unprecedented new global challenges, the hard power assets of the United States--military, economic or other means of coercion--are stretched thin. It has become increasingly critical for the United States to leverage foreign assistance and other soft power tools in order to grapple with global poverty, pandemics, and transnational threats.... more...
Transforming the Development Landscape
Brookings Institution Press 2007; US$ 19.95Private sector activity is crucial for development. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing in areas such as global health, and can either cause or mitigate social and environmental harm. Yet so far, the international development debate has not focused on the role of the private sector.This volumewritten by members... more...
Too Poor For Peace?
Brookings Institution Press 2007; US$ 22.95In a world where boundaries and borders are blurred and seemingly distant threats can metastasize quickly, the battle against global poverty has become a fight of necessity?not simply because morality demands it, but because global security does as well. Just as poverty begets insecurity, the reverse is also true. Too Poor for Peace? explores this... more...
Global Development 2.0
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 24.95The fight against global poverty has quickly become one of the hottest tickets on the global agendawith rock stars, world leaders, and multibillionaires calling attention to the plight of the poor at international confabs such as the World Economic Forum and the Clinton Global Initiative. The cozy, all-of-a-kind club of rich country officials... more...
Brazil as an Economic Superpower?
Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 24.95Brazil is once again getting attention in the northern hemisphereattention long overdue, given its huge and diverse population, its physical size and diversity, and its geopolitical and economic importance as the largest country in Latin America. Long seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service... more...
Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness
Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 36.00Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute toeach volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade.Contents include Five Gs:... more...
Climate Change and Global Poverty
Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 24.95Climate change threatens all people, but its adverse effects will be felt mostacutely by the worlds poor. Absent urgent action, new threats to food security,public health, and other societal needs may reverse hard-fought human developmentgains. Climate Change and Global Poverty makes concrete recommendationsto integrate international development... more...
The Other War
Brookings Institution Press 2003; US$ 20.95The Millennium Challenge Account is a bilateral development fund representing an increase of $5 billion per year over current assistance levels to reform-oriented developing countries. This book considers the potential of the MCA as well as the larger content of US foreign assistance. more...
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