Institute for International Economic Policy
Commentary and Op-Eds
Steve Suranovic's Blog
Musings about Enternational Economics, Globalization and some other things
2009
Moore, Michael, "Driving Toward a Trade War," The American, February 19, 2009.
2008
2007
Aaronson, Susan, "How to bring good governance to Chinese companies," Financial Times, July 15, 2007.
Aaronson, Susan, "Globalization and Child Labor: The Cause Can Also be a Cure," YaleGlobal, 13 March 2007.
Aaronson, Susan, "A Human Rights Argument for the Colombia Free Trade Agreement," Carnegie Council, December 4, 2007.
Lustig, Nora, "Politicas publicas y salud en Mexico," Nexos, Mexico, October 2007
Smith, Stephen C., "Protecting the Poor from Climate Change," World Ark, November-December 2007
Smith, Stephen C., "The Millennium Development Goals and the Struggle Against Poverty Traps,"
United Nations Economic and Social Council, Meeting on "Eradicating poverty and hunger ��� Joining forces to make it happen," United Nations, New York, Monday, 2 April 2007
2006
Smith, Stephen C., "Special Event on Poverty Traps: Background Note," in International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty, Report of the Meeting, New York: United Nations, 2006, pp. 44-47
Smith, Stephen C., "Poverty Traps: Why the Poor Stay Poor," World Ark, July-August 2006
Smith, Stephen C., "How to Help the Poor Out of Poverty," The Globalist, Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Smith, Stephen C., "Ending Extreme Poverty: Three Innovations from Africa," Sojourners, February 2006
2005
Aaronson, Susan, "How to Jump-Start the WTO," YaleGlobal, 26 May 2005.
Aaronson, Susan, "The WTO Can Promote Both Free Trade and Human Rights" (with Jamie M. Zimmerman), YaleGlobal, 13 December 2005.
Smith, Stephen C., "Has the Development Community Overinvested in Microfinance?" Global Future, Fourth Quarter (December), 2005, 20-22, also available online
Smith, Stephen C., "Q & A with Stephen C. Smith," World Ark Online, Heifer International, 2005
Smith, Stephen C., "Will the G8 Summit at Gleneagles Ultimately Help Africa?" Congressional Quarterly Researcher, 751, Sept. 2005
2004
Aaronson, Susan, "Will Washington Return to Supporting Freer Trade?" YaleGlobal, 20 January 2004
Aaronson, Susan, "Can Corporations Safeguard Labor and Human Rights?" YaleGlobal, 24 June 2004
Aaronson, Susan, "Is Equity in Trade an Attainable Goal?" YaleGlobal, 15 September 2004
2003
Aaronson, Susan, "Corporations as Good Global Citizens," YaleGlobal, 8 April 2003.
Aaronson, Susan, "Cancun Trade Meeting Should Leave Investment Issue Alone," YaleGlobal, 29 August 2003.
Smith, Stephen C., "Globalization and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Problems and Promises," Holiday (a Bangladesh economic and political weekly), Anniversary Issue, Oct. 2003
Upcoming Events
2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations" on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers include Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute; Harry Harding, Dean, University of Virginia; Prof. Bruce Reynolds, University of Virginia; Prof. Loren Brandt, Univ. of Toronto; Prof. John Giles, Michigan State University and World Bank; Prof. Zhu Caihua, China Foreign Affairs University; Prof. Margaret Pearson, Univ. of Maryland; Dr. Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank; Dr. Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Prof. Bruce Dickson, GWU.
The event is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Seating will be limited: to register send an email to iiep@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Recent Events
Vera Chiodi, Poverty Action Lab J-PAL Europe, and Paris School of Economics, "The Existence of Poverty Traps: Old Question-New Answer. Evidence from Rural Mexico"
Friday, November 13, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank, "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology"
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Phillip Swagel (Georgetown and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), "The Financial Crisis: An Inside View"
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lindner Commons, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 602
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Breakfast with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
City View Room, 1957 E St., NW
This event is CLOSED. Cosponsored by the Washington International Trade Association.
Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor), "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape"
Friday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Gerald Nelson (IFPRI), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries"
Tuesday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Correcting Global Imbalances: How Much Farther Do We Have To Go?"
Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein (Washington Post)
Friday, 2 October, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For analysis of Mr. Pearlstein's remarks click here.
Prof. Steve Charnovitz (GWU)
Book talk on "Global Warming and the World Trading System"
(March 2009, coauthored with Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim). Friday, 18 September, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 1957 E St., NW, Room 601M. This event made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
IIEP cosponsored "The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change" on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 in conjunction with the American Security Project. Participants included Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass), former CIA Director James Woolsey, member of the Nobel Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton), Charles Glaser (GWU), Adil Najam (Boston University), Ladeene Freimuth (Freimuth Group, LLC), Bernard Finel (American Security Project), and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (U.S. Navy, Ret.).
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