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February 4, 2009
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Listen to Stewart Patrick, CFR Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, speak about his new book The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.
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February 4, 2009
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Watch as Stewart Patrick, CFR Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, speaks about his new book The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.
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January 2009
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In this Center for Universal Education Working Paper, Gene B. Sperling argues that there are important design elements of the existing global education architecture—the Education for All Fast Track Initiative—that reflect a promising model for a coordinated, global effort on education that should be built upon. Yet he also finds that a new Global Education Fund must employ serious reforms and have a major rebranding and relaunching moment by heads of state that mobilizes a greater global commitment to more resources and sound program implementation to make significant steps toward achieving quality universal education for the world’s poorest children.
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January 1, 2007
Must Read
The 2007 edition of State of the News Media that provides insight into the current state of American journalism.
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October 16, 2006
Transcript
Pentecostalism is the fastest-growing segment of global Christianity, representing at least a quarter of the world’s 2 billion Christians. As the evangelical movement spreads, it is bumping up against established religions like Islam in Africa and Roman Catholicism in Latin America. In this meeting, part of the Council’s Nexus of Religion and Foreign Policy initiative, Luis Lugo and Walter Mead discuss the rapid growth of this movement and what it portends for U.S. foreign policy as well as international relations throughout the world.
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July 1, 2006
Must Read
This Brookings Institution report looks at Cambodia's health sector: Starting in 1999, the government outsourced management of government health services to NGOs in five districts that had been ramdomly made eligible for contracting. The evidence suggests that health improved in the outsourced districts.
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June 28, 2006
Backgrounder
In a short time, the Gates Foundation has established a reputation as an innovative, effective donor to global health causes. A $30 billion gift from Warren Buffett is expected to dramatically expand the foundation's influence.
See more in Corporate Governance, Global Health
January 1, 2006
Must Read
This policy paper discusses the relationship between U.S. philanthropic institutions and the evolving transatlantic alliance.
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