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Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-202-518-3401
E-mail: gsperling@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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One-page bio (PDF, 40K)
Former national economic adviser and coauthor of the Council report What Works in Girls’ Education. Current work examines ways to extend education to displaced children and those living in emergency situations.
Expertise:Economic policy; international education assistance.
Experience:Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress (current); Contributing Editor and columnist, Bloomberg News (current); Governor, Philadelphia Stock Exchange (current); Chair, U.S. Chapter of the Global Campaign for Education (current); National Economic Adviser and Head of the National Economic Council (1997-2001); member, UN Millennium Task Force on Gender Equality and Education; member, Education Expert Group, World Economic Forum’s Global Governance Initiative.
Selected Publications:The Pro-Growth Progressive (Simon & Shuster, 2005); “The Case for Universal Basic Education for the World’s Poorest Boys and Girls,” Phi Delta Kappan (2005); “Designing a Global Compact on Education,” Finance & Development (2005); What Works in Girls’ Education, A Council Report (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2004); “A Better Way to Fight Global Poverty: Broadening the Millennium Challenge Account,” Foreign Affairs (coauthor, March/April 2003); “Educate Them All,” Washington Post (2002); “Toward Universal Education: Making a Promise, and Keeping It,” Foreign Affairs (September/October 2001); “The Developing World’s Quiet Crisis,” Financial Times (2001).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Project
May 1, 2008
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg.com
Gene B. Sperling explains why “we need to provide more food aid and we need to make sure it is delivered in a way that continues to strengthen school-feeding programs.”
See more in International Organizations, Refugees and the Displaced, Society and Culture
April 8, 2008
| Speakers: | Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee; Member, International Rescue Committee's Commission on Iraqi Refugees |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss issues surrounding the education of children of conflict, specifically with regard to the current situation in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Refugees and the Displaced, Education
April 8, 2008
| Speakers: | Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee; Member, International Rescue Committee's Commission on Iraqi Refugees |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict |
Video
Watch experts discuss issues surrounding the education of children of conflict, specifically with regard to the current situation in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Refugees and the Displaced, Education
April 8, 2008
| Speakers: | Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation, Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, the World Bank George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Speakers discuss the plight of refugee children.
See more in Iraq, Refugees and the Displaced, Society and Culture
February 27, 2008
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg
Gene Sperling looks back at the accomplishments of Bob Ball on Social Security.
See more in United States
December 18, 2007
| Speakers: | Joel Cohen, Co-Director, Universal Basic and Secondary Education Project, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Melissa Binder, Associate Professor, University Of New Mexico |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education and Senior Fellow, Economic Policy |
Transcript
Speakers discuss implications of universal secondary education.
See more in Society and Culture, Education, Women
Fall 2007
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Article
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
See more in United States, Business & Foreign Policy
July 12, 2007
| Speaker: | Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, the United Kingdom |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
See more in Economic Development
June 1, 2007
| Speakers: | Charles A. Kupchan, CFR Senior Fellow, Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council Stephen Sestanovich, CFR Senior Fellow, Former Ambassador At Large and Special Adviser on Russian Issues to the Secretary of State Gene B. Sperling, CFR Senior Fellow, Former National Economic Council Director |
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| Presider: | Edward Alden, CFR Bernard Schwartz Fellow |
Transcript
CFR Senior Fellows Charles A. Kupchan, Stephen Sestanovich, and Gene B. Sperling brief the press on the upcoming G8 Summit.
See more in Climate Change, International Organizations
April 25, 2007
News Release
The Council’s Center for Universal Education has partnered with PBS Wide Angle as well as Channel Thirteen and the U.S. Global Campaign for Education to distribute the PBS Wide Angle documentary, “Back to School.”
See more in Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture, Education
January 30, 2007
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Testimony
See more in Economics, Business & Foreign Policy, Labor, Trade
March 22, 2006
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg
See more in Sudan, Refugees and the Displaced
December 1, 2005
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Testimony
See more in International Organizations, Education
November 2005
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Article
Phi Delta Kappan
See more in Education, Poverty
October 20, 2005
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg.com
See more in United States, Economic Development, Foreign Aid
June 20, 2005
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg.com
See more in Economics
June 14, 2005
| Speakers: | Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy, Council on Foreign Relations Nancy E. Roman, vice president and director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations Charles A. Kupchan, director of European studies Gene B. Sperling, senior fellow for economic policy, director of the Center on Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Transcript
June 2005
| Authors: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education Rekha Balu |
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Op-Ed
Finance and Development
See more in Education
February 3, 2005
| Speakers: | Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director, enter for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
October 26, 2004
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Article
Harvard University
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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