Nancy Birdsall

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Nancy Birdsall is President Emeritus and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development.

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A Big Bond for Africa
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A Big Bond for Africa

Apr 17, 2017 Nancy Birdsall & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala propose a bold new approach to official development assistance on the continent.

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A New Vision for the World Bank
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A New Vision for the World Bank

Oct 6, 2015 Nancy Birdsall believes that three key shifts would adapt the institution to twenty-first-century problems.

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A New Mission for the World Bank
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A New Mission for the World Bank

Jun 30, 2015 Nancy Birdsall criticizes proposed cuts to programs that support the provision of global public goods.

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America’s Neglected Financial Children

America’s Neglected Financial Children

Mar 28, 2014 Nancy Birdsall & Devesh Kapur ask why the US is turning its back on the multilateral institutions that it founded.

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In Defense of World Government

In Defense of World Government

Oct 8, 2013 Nancy Birdsall on how globally-minded citizens can strengthen global governance.

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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line

Ana Palacio

China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.

Is Economic Winter Coming?

Raghuram G. Rajan

Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.

Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

Barry Eichengreen

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.