Surging economic activity, supply-chain disruptions, and soaring commodity prices combined in 2021 to push global inflation to its highest level since 2008. Now, with the war in Ukraine, matters are quickly going from bad to worse. Indermit Gill and Peter Nagle explain why poor households are hit hardest by inflation and outline what governments can do to dampen the impact on the most vulnerable.
In 2019, there was great outrage in Pakistan over cases of bride trafficking involving Pakistani women and girls and Chinese men. But later that year, more than half of the traffickers had been acquitted in Pakistani court, the others were given bail, and journalists were asked to curtail their reporting on the issue. Madiha Afzal writes that Pakistan's government owes it to its citizens to be more assertive with China on human rights abuses that affect them.
On the latest episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Amy Liu discusses how U.S. cities are addressing the greatest challenges facing the country today, including the COVID-19 economic recovery, maintaining competitiveness in global markets, adapting to climate change, and more.
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Putin's World. We all now live in a paranoid and polarized world of Russian President Vladimir Putin's making. This must-read book from Angela Stent offers valuable insights into Putin's motives on the global stage.
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