Greenprint: A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change (Event Video)
3/26/13
The threat of climate change can only be averted with genuine cooperation between traditional and emerging powers.
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CGD's weekly Global Prosperity Wonkcast, event videos, whiteboard talks, slides, and more.
The Historical Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in India and China (audio)
2/14/13
In his widely-acclaimed 2011 book Origins of Political Order, Fukuyama explores the divergent trajectory of political and institutional development across societies. His new CGD Working Paper "What is Governance?" presents a framework for quantifying governance across countries. As part of the Understanding India Series, Fukuyama will contrast the evolution of political institutions in India and China.
A New Leader for the WTO –Kimberly Elliott and Arvind Subramanian
2/4/13
Candidates to succeed Pascal Lamy as the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) presented themselves before the general council last week. All but one of the nine candidates are from developing countries, in sharp contrast to those who led the WTO in the past, all but one of whom were from high-income countries. Is this a good sign for the WTO or not? Does this leadership succession process have implications for trade and development?