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October 22, 2019
Nigeria
Nigerian Art Continues to Make Waves
A work by the late Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu fetched $1.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in London on October 15. The painting, “Christine,” is a 1971 portrait of the Caribbean-origin American wife of a missionary. After her death, the portrait hung on the wall at her family’s home. Unaware of the origin of the piece, a stepson eventually reached out to Sotheby’s to see if it had any value.
April 19, 2013
Economics
The No-Growth Meetings
My conversations with investors on the margins of the IMF/World Bank meetings shows a broad anxiety about growth. Europe is first on the list of concerns, along with a slowdown in China and US fisca…
April 18, 2012
International Organizations
Another American World Bank President Is a Missed Opportunity
On CFR’s new Global Expert Roundup, I argue that the U.S. diplomatic push to install an American as the next World Bank president squandered a golden opportunity to promote a new era of global govern…
November 24, 2014
Global
Resources to Riches? The Creation of Sustainable Resource Development
Christine Bader, visiting scholar and lecturer at Columbia University, Marcus Noland, executive vice president and director of studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Ann M…
March 20, 2015
International Organizations
Present at the Creation, Beijing-Style
The decision by America’s four most important European allies to become founding members of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is no mere diplomatic setback for Washington. I…
