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December 8, 2017

Development
Banking on the Future – Moms Learn From Their Daughters

Sometimes children are the best teachers. That is the case when it comes to financial services for women in Tanzania. In the capital of Dar es Salam, NMB has been teaching students about why acces…

Tanzanian seaweed farmers - women's economic empowerment
Blog Post by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Women and Foreign Policy Program

July 2, 2012

Israel
Israel and the Palestinians: A Sad Tale of High Finance

Who is helping the Palestinians in the financial crisis the Palestinian Authority now faces? The United States and the nations of the European Union are the largest donors. Arab nations, including th…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 7, 2013

United States
Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment

President Obama has proposed increasing the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00, pointing out that 19 states already have minimum wages in excess of $7.25.  Only one state, however, Wa…

Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

February 13, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
The Cost of the "Peace Process"

The goal of Secretary of State Kerry’s energetic diplomacy with the Israelis and Palestinians is the two-state solution, which means the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestine living at…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 2, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
"Soft Bigotry," Secretary Kerry, and the PLO

Secretary of State Kerry continues to press forward in his negotiations with Israelis and Palestinians, seeking some sort of "framework" document that would be an acceptable basis for future negotiat…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points