Source: Carnegie
For Immediate Release
Contact: Scott Nathanson, 202-939-2211, snathanson@ceip.org
World Development Summit Resource Now Available Online
As the eyes of the world turn to Johannesburg, South Africa for the historic World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Carnegie Endowment launched today a new internet resource for activists, journalists, and scholars. The "WSSD Resource Center" (www.ceip.org/wssd) brings thoughtful Carnegie analysis on a variety of crucial summit topics from issues such as climate change and foreign direct investment, to aspects of country and regional policies in Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere.
Featured publications include:
- Global Challenges: Beating the Odds - Based on a multi-year study analyzing successful international approaches to pressing worldwide issues, this new policy brief critiques current U.S. policy vis-à-vis the new realities of globalization.
- Doha: Is It Really a Development Round? - Development expert Kamal Malhotra delves into the areas where developing nations were seeking progress, and concludes that the November 2001 negotiations in Doha, Qatar were less than successful.
- The G-8 and Africa: A Kernel of Hope - A look at the core issues of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and possible G-8 policy alternatives.
- U.S. Climate Policy After Kyoto: Elements for Success - University of Washington professor Daniel Bodansky argues that the Bush administration's abandonment of the Kyoto Protocol is not necessarily a disaster for climate policy.
Carnegie experts include:
- John Audley: Director of the Trade, Environment, and Development Project and formerly the trade policy coordinator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Moisés Naím: Editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He has written extensively on the political economy of international trade and other globalization issues.
- Robert Cavey: Director of the Public Role of the Private Sector Project and formerly vice president of government and public affairs at American Standard Companies in New Jersey.
- Thomas Carothers: Vice President for Studies and founder and co-director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project and a leading authority on democracy promotion.
- Minxin Pei: Senior associate of Carnegie's China Program. His research covers Chinese politics, economic reform, East Asian politics, U.S. relations with East Asian countries, and democratization in developing countries.
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