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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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June 24, 2010
International Organizations
The G20’s Twenty Agendas
The G20 meetings in Toronto will be marked by competing agendas on global growth and financial regulations. This Backgrounder looks at the range of policy concerns.
October 1, 2018
United States
How Does the U.S. Spend Its Foreign Aid?
With President Donald J. Trump advocating for deep cuts to U.S. foreign aid, debate has renewed over the role of foreign assistance funds in boosting growth, promoting democracy, and saving lives.
February 2, 2005
Iraq
IRAQ: U.N. Humanitarian Relief
This publication is now archived. How much humanitarian relief is being provided to Iraq?It is difficult to judge with precision. U.S. and British forces, United Nations agencies, private relief grou…
February 18, 2009
Economic Crises
The U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan
President Obama has signed one of the largest rescue packages since the Great Depression to revive the U.S. economy. Economists warn of the need to keep spending targeted, timely, and temporary.
December 9, 2005
International Organizations
The WTO’s Troubled ‘Doha Negotiations’
This publication is now archived. What are the Doha negotiations?At the November 2001 Ministerial Conference in Doha, capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ag…