Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvin Panagariya say recent election results, favorable central bank policy, and the resiliency of previous reforms should give hope for India's economic future.

CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman speaks with Boris Weber, director of ICT4Gov at the World Bank Institute, on how technology is being leveraged to promote good governance and increased transparency in fragile states and emerging markets.

This was a meeting of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Roundtable series.

In the face of persistently high unemployment, policymakers and workers look to innovation and entrepreneurship to create new jobs. This Backgrounder discusses how entrepreneurs create and finance the startups that power U.S. job growth, and the ramifications of policies such as the JOBS Act.

Brazil's economy depends too much on high commodity prices, and as demand falls, so may Brazil.

Michael W. Hodin discusses how the demographic shift toward an older population will make current tax policies unsustainable in coming decades.

The White House, under George W. Bush, released this fact sheet on the Third Border Initiative on April 21, 2001.

Addressing Egypt's economically debilitating subsidy system will be hard amid political transition, but with the country's social contract under review, the time is ripe for reform needed to put the country on a more viable economic path, says CFR's Isobel Coleman.

Jagdish Bhagwati criticizes President Obama for nominating Jim Yong Kim to the World Bank presidency over candidates who would pursue pro-reform, pro-growth policies.

President Obama formed the Council on Jobs to provide differing perspectives and non-partisan advice on bolstering the economy through fostering job creation, innovation, growth, and competitiveness. At this CFR meeting, experts discuss the Council's work and recommendations.

President Obama formed the Council on Jobs to provide differing perspectives and non-partisan advice on bolstering the economy through fostering job creation, innovation, growth, and competitiveness. At this CFR meeting, experts discuss the Council's work and recommendations.

China faces growing internal and external calls for economic and political reforms. Expert Minxin Pei looks at the political transition under way and discusses prospects for change.

Michael Spence writes that myopic U.S. energy policies highlight the need for persistence, longer-term thinking, and bipartisanship in U.S. policymaking.

The Brookings Institution and Public Sector Consulting report that Michigan should take advantage of its second-strongest post-recession recovery by strengthening links between innovation and manufacturing, making targeted investments within urban areas, and supporting highly trained workers and regional systems.

John Campbell argues, "Only genuine reform of Nigeria's political economy can pull it back from the brink."

Sebastian Mallaby argues that the internationalization of the renminbi is less a sign of China's rise than of China's internal confusion.

Brian Fishman explains why Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadi thinkers are concerned with China's rise, as the country becomes increasingly tied to regimes they believe are fundamentally corrupt.

If Iraq can attract foreign investment and revive its petroleum industry, it stands to become the most advanced Arab country, claim Bloomberg editors.

Global discussions on Afghanistan tend to be dominated by security issues, but a conference marking ten years since the ouster of the Taliban must focus on economic growth and development, say experts.

This Brookings blog insists that deficit reduction must be accomplished through cost-effective, rather than politically expedient, program funding cuts.

Terra Lawson-Remer urges the U.S. Congress to safeguard funding for multilateral development banks as blanket budget cuts loom.