Kemal Derviş
Kemal Derviş, former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey and former Administrator for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is a vice president of the Brookings Institution.
Kemal Derviş, former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey and former Administrator for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is a vice president of the Brookings Institution.
Few analysts expected Britons to vote to leave the EU, or that Americans would choose Donald Trump as their next president, yet it did not take long for a consensus explanation of those miscalculation… read more
If moderate forces in France and Germany fail to join together to create what the US historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., called the “vital center,” the assault on economic openness and liberal democrac… read more
Over the last decade or so, productivity growth has slowed considerably in most major developed economies, even as impressive advances have been made in areas like computing, mobile telephony, and rob… read more
Efforts to strengthen global governance have been criticized for promising more than they can deliver and diminishing the importance of national policies. But in an interdependent world, only improved… read more
There is an urgent need for a moderate, humanist populism that can counter the extremists with simple yet powerful ideas that resonate with millions. Our democracies, when faced with dire challenges, … read more
When British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed with the EU in February on revised membership terms for the UK, he insisted that the EU be recognized officially as a “multi-currency union.” The muddl… read more
A recent opinion poll indicates that the far-right Alternative for Germany party is rapidly gaining ground, with its popular support reaching 15%, compared to around 5% a year ago. But, with an effect… read more
Despite the doom and gloom that dominates most economic debate today, it is likely that continued rapid increases in prosperity are possible. But only ambitious social and economic reforms that focus … read more
With swollen balance sheets and near-zero (if not negative) interest rates, central banks seem to have run out of ammunition. But policymakers have one more option: a shift to “purer” fiscal policy, i… read more
