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Brookings Global
@BrookingsGlobal
Actionable insights and tools to address shared challenges and achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world. Newsletter: brook.gs/42OB41W
Washington, DC
Joined November 2009
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    “The president fundamentally does not understand tariffs & trade policy because he keeps saying that this is something that others are paying & that it’s revenue for the United States.” @JoshuaPMeltzer joins @soledadobrien to talk tariffs & US-China trade
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    “Technology should reduce inequality and empower people. But too often, it achieves the exact opposite, expanding the divide between those with resources and those without.”
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    Africa has reached a major milestone as more Africans are now escaping extreme poverty than are falling below the poverty line. brook.gs/2HI3NjK
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    On #DayOfTheGirl, Global's Center for Universal Education is proud to have led the research and design behind the @ObamaFoundation's new Global Girls Alliance. Learn more:
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    The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating housing disparities in the United States, a new survey finds. brook.gs/2U2vmsG
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    .@PaulKagame: There are more similarities than differences across Africa—but we lack one voice on the world stage #AUReform
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    Policies deterring human capital mobility are heavily detrimental to local and global knowledge production and might be hard to reverse through subsequent improvements, @danybahar, @prithwic & @sarasgnr write. brook.gs/3sIDrmK
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    The 2020s will undoubtedly be characterized by new technology regulation. But while today’s technologies are global, the rules governing their development and use are not.
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    ✈️🌍 US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia this week comes at a critical juncture in terms of advancing commitments made at the US-Africa Leaders Summit. @LandrySigne looks at the path forward:
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    Employment of Saudi women has increased substantially over the past two years. brook.gs/3vdAvhS
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    If you’re going to be treated for COVID-19 in the US, there’s a good chance your treating physician or nurse will be an immigrant, writes @danybahar brook.gs/3dNWVht
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    “There is no reason that a country as rich and as powerful as ours should have to choose between great wealth for the few and great opportunity for all of its citizens.” @CoryBooker explores how to renew the American Dream: brook.gs/2IxBgtf
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    Child marriage + low school access are two of the biggest barriers in advancing #girlsedu: brook.gs/1yw96To
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    Replying to @BrookingsGlobal
    Empowering is the principle rather than entitlement, says @nsitharaman, speaking of Indian government schemes to aid the poor. #GlobalEconomy