Karine Jean-Pierre reminds herself of her accomplishments so that others respect her as well: "as a woman, and especially as a black woman, I’ve had to become comfortable with recognizing and articulating my own value"

Cainã Perri, who oversees teacher education initiatives in Brazil for the Lehmann Foundation, spoke at the recent Columbia MPA-DP seminar on “Khan Academy in Brazil: Challenges to Help Teachers Embrace Technology.”

A roundtable event held at SIPA discussed how feminist policies have the power to enact policy changes in developing institutions and countries. 

White House policy has been reduced to tightening sanctions and targeting individuals close to the Maduro regime writes Christopher Sabatini

Sachs and the Columbia team argue for a Global Coffee Fund and state that such a fund would multiply, “at a far greater scale,” the existing public-private efforts, or sustainability efforts devoted to individual supply chains.

"The protests raise a common dilemma for nondemocratic rulers: Is it better to repress or appease demonstrators?" asks Timothy Frye.

A Better Dwelling article cites Charles Calomaris' 2009 paper referencing government subsidies as contributing directly to the rise of banking crises in the last 200 years.

James Courtright MIA ’20 wrote an article for Christian Science Monitor about the past atrocities of the regimes in Gambia as the country looks to move forward

If Opportunity Zones were structured as a program, we would expect to see two key components. First, a finite appropriation of funds on an annual basis. Second, a competitive application and allocation process writes Howard.W.Buffet and others.