Tag: Brookings

States’ best chance for permanent broadband affordability requires action now (Blair Levin, Brookings)

When it comes to expanding broadband access, states have a lot on their plate right now. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, American Rescue Plan...

To help ensure food and economic security in Afghanistan, invest in the skills of young women and girls (Nangyalai Attal, Brookings)

With the prevailing food security crisis in Afghanistan, the international community must invest in the significant potential of Afghan girls to increase their participation...

21st century Bedouin politics: Considering the modern power of tribes in the Arabian Peninsula (Courtney Freer, Brookings)

Tribal identities and affiliations remain important social and political markers in the modern and urbanized nations of the Arabian Peninsula. Yet, in such environments,...

Why the pandemic’s record-breaking quit rates are a boon to workers (Robert Maxim, Mark Muro, and Yang You, Brookings)

Workers quit their jobs in record-breaking numbers in November, the Labor Department reported last week. At first glance, such a large number of quits, followed by mediocre...

The populist backlash in Chapter 11 (David Skeel, Brookings)

From a bankruptcy perspective, the pandemic has unfolded differently than many expected. Prior economic crises have caused sharp upswings in bankruptcy filings. The 2007-2009...

Do sectoral training programs work? What the evidence on Project Quest and Year Up really shows (Harry J. Holzer, Brookings)

It is widely known that the earnings of workers without college degrees have stagnated in recent years and employment rates, especially among men, have...

Want to restore trust in government? Start with customer experience (Sha Hwang and Annelies Goger, Brookings)

Confusing websites and long waits on the phone for accessing public services are eroding Americans’ trust in government. But it doesn’t have to be...

Around the halls: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the European security order (Pavel K. Baev, Jessica Brandt, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Samantha Gross, Daniel S. Hamilton, Marvin...

Late last year, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia massed troops on its border with Ukraine...

Can we better define what we mean by closing the digital divide? (Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings)

The term “digital divide” has moved into the mainstream, as the pandemic revealed how unforgiving life can be for those disconnected from the internet....

December’s Jobs report reveals a growing racial employment gap, especially for Black women (Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr, Brookings)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) December jobs report, released January 7, provides some good news for the state of the nation’s economic recovery, yet...

Rethinking technology policy and governance for the 21st Century (Nicholas Davis, Landry Signé, and Mark Esposito, Brookings)

Today’s major technology firms wield huge social and political influence across the world to the point that their actions, and the content they host,...

4 positive stories about global development prospects in 2022 (Homi Kharas, Brookings)

Amid a series of setbacks to global development in 2021—pandemics and lockdowns, hunger and conflict, debt crises and inflation—there were also some positive development...

Is ‘long Covid’ worsening the labor shortage? (Katie Bach, Brookings)

Over the past two years, the media, politicians, public health authorities, and others have paid close attention to the number of lives lost to...

Will Biden deliver on his commitment to Africa in 2022? (Witney Schneidman, Brookings)

When he was running to win the White House, President Joe Biden’s campaign committed to implement a “bold strategy” toward Africa, and one that would be...

What to expect from Biden’s 2022 tech agenda (Darrell M. West and Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings)

2022 is shaping up to be an eventful year in tech policy. President Biden has laid out an ambitious agenda on infrastructure investment, tech...

The state of Asian trade and trade agreements in 2022 (David Dollar and Peter A. Petri, Brookings)

Peter Petri, a professor at Brandeis International Business School and a nonresident senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, joins David...