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BROOKINGS
SOME INFORMATION archived March 2024
The Brookings Institution in Washington DC
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Peter Burgess
GLOBAL ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT
Public procurement in Nigeria: How to reform the unreformable
Adedeji Adeniran, Isiaka Akande Raifu March 21, 2024
Ten economic facts about rental housing
Houses on money for rental housing economic facts
Lauren Bauer, Eloise Burtis, Wendy Edelberg, Sofoklis Goulas, Noadia Steinmetz-Silber, Sarah Yu Wang March 21, 2024
How does Medicare work? And how is it financed?
HEALTH CARE POLICY
How does Medicare work? And how is it financed?
Louise Sheiner, Lorae Stojanovic, David Wessel March 20, 2024
Overseeing app stores to promote competition in the Digital Markets Act In addition to Apple letting iPhone owners download apps from rival app stores, a new EU law requires Apple to make it easier to port your data to Android.
TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION
Overseeing app stores to promote competition in the Digital Markets Act
Mark MacCarthy March 20, 2024
Building a stronger infrastructure workforce requires more than money Diverse Team of Specialists Inspect Commercial, Industrial Building Construction Site. Real Estate Project with Civil Engineer, Investor and Worker. In the Background Crane, Skyscraper Formwork Frames
INFRASTRUCTURE
Building a stronger infrastructure workforce requires more than money
Robert Espinoza, Joseph W. Kane March 20, 2024
NATO cannot take Russia's weakness in the Baltic theater for granted Swedish soldiers operate on a Combat Vehicle 90 during training with Finnish hunting units as part of NATO's Nordic Response exercise, in Hetta, Finland, March 5, 2024.
DIPLOMACY & MULTILATERALISM
NATO cannot take Russia's weakness in the Baltic theater for granted
Pavel K. Baev March 20, 2024
Advancing Summit for Democracy commitments: Progress and paths forward U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and other leaders pose for a family photo at the third Summit for Democracy, in Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2024.
DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, & GOVERNANCE
Advancing Summit for Democracy commitments: Progress and paths forward
Norman Eisen, Jonathan Katz, Robin J. Lewis March 19, 2024
To prevent democratic backsliding in the Sahel, establish democratic governance first world map of africa with close up focus on Sahel region
DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, & GOVERNANCE
To prevent democratic backsliding in the Sahel, establish democratic governance first
J. Peter Pham March 19, 2024
Preparing for domestic climate dislocations: What can we learn from the Great Migration? A firefighter works to extinguish the Highland Fire, a wind driven wildfire near Aguanga, California, U.S., October 31, 2023.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Preparing for domestic climate dislocations: What can we learn from the Great Migration? Vanessa Williamson March 19, 2024
Is there bipartisan consensus in the United States on Taiwan? U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) attends a press conference with Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, U.S. Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), U.S. Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI), Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD), and Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) at Taipei Guest House in Taipei, Taiwan February 22, 2024.
TAIWAN
Is there bipartisan consensus in the United States on Taiwan?
Ryan Hass March 18, 2024
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Election ’24: Issues at Stake
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John Hazen White Global Manufacturing Initiative
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Knowing-Doing Network Leadership Coalition
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Learning and Action Alliance for Girls’ Agency
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Millions Learning
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Promoting equitable and effective climate action in every community
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The Hamilton Project
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The Katzmann Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government
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The Primaries Project
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The Privacy Debate
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The Technology-Productivity-Inequality Nexus
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