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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 8, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
New From CFR: Isobel Coleman on Aid to Egypt
On the new Ask CFR Experts feature today, I consider the question of whether the United States should continue economic aid to Egypt. "The answer," I write, "is a resounding yes." As I add, however: …
September 29, 2017
Development
A Conversation With Neal Keny-Guyer and Ann Miles
Women's economic participation is critical to global growth and prosperity, according to global data from the World Bank, IMF, McKinsey, and the OECD. Yet despite the consensus around women's role in…
February 22, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Emerging Voices: Anne Heyman on Making Development Projects Sustainable
Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Anne Heyman, chair of the bo…
May 17, 2017
Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter
I recently hosted a CFR roundtable with Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and chief executive officer of New America to discuss, among other topics, her new book The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies …
November 8, 2005
Development
Microcredit Gaining Momentum, Says Council’s Isobel Coleman
Microcredit, also known as microfinance, is a widely touted development technique that extends small loans to entrepreneurs in poverty-stricken areas. Microcredit loanshave now reached 100 million pe…