Brookings Institution Press: 357 books
Moving Forward
The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation. The time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what happened and how the system should be strengthened and restructured. Such reform will have...
Dance of the Trillions
Developing Countries and Global Finance
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
In Dance of the Trillions, David Lubin tells the story of what makes money flow from high-income countries to lower-income ones; what makes it flow out again; and how developing countries have sought protection against the volatility of international capital flows. The book traces an arc from the...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
The project Nordic Ways is a book of short insightful essays written by distinguished authors from all five countries representing a broad spectrum of Nordic life. The project features an impressive and august array of nearly 50 authors representing all five Nordic countries. The ultimate goal is...
Transforming the United Nations System
Designs for a Workable World
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Global problems require global solutions. The United Nations as presently constituted, however, is incapable of addressing many global problems effectively. One nation one vote decisionmaking in most UN agencies fails to reflect the distribution of power in the world at large, while the allocation...
Pacific Opportunities
Leveraging Asia's Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Forecasts suggest that solid growth in Asia is likely to continue. By 2030, Asian economies are expected to be roughly four times larger than they are today, and Asia’s share of global output is expected to rise to 40% of the global total. In contrast, most countries in the Pacific have experienced...
Pakistan
Between Mosque and Military
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and groups. Since 9/11, the selective cooperation of president General Pervez Musharraf in sharing intelligence with...
by Lilia Shevtsova
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
This revised edition includes and examination of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia. Praise for the previous edition: "Out of her blunt, often acerbic, account come shrewd insights into Putin's transformation from an implausible,...
by Richard Youngs
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Western democracy is being questioned around the world. At the same time, Western aid groups are quick to say that they are not trying to impose a particular style of democracy on others and that they are open to supporting local, alternative forms of democracy. This book examines what it is about...
The Iranian Nuclear Crisis
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
The first detailed Iranian account of the diplomatic struggle between Iran and the international community, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir opens in 2002, as news of Iran's clandestine uranium enrichment and plutonium production facilities emerge. Seyed Hossein Mousavian, previously the head...
Post-Imperium
A Eurasian Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
The war in Georgia. Tensions with Ukraine and other nearby countries. Moscow's bid to consolidate its "zone of privileged interests" among the Commonwealth of Independent States. These volatile situations all raise questions about the nature of and prospects for Russia's relations with its...
Due Diligence
An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor...
Confronting the Weakest Link
Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around the world. A large and ever-growing number of U.S., European, and multilateral assistance programs seek...
Juggernaut
How Emerging Powers Are Reshaping Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Against the long sweep of economic history, the current moment is special. Living standards advanced so rapidly and across so many countries over the last decade that it is difficult to think of parallels-even the deepest recession since the Great Depression did not halt progress.
In Juggernaut,...
Savage Century
Back to Barbarism
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale. Is it possible that today,...