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February 20, 2020

Economics
Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

This symposium on behavioral economics examined social and political participation, including why individuals choose to join a movement or party, the influence of partisanship on decision-making, and…

Panel from 2020 Menschel Symposium

June 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Rural Futures

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. In his post, he discusses the CAADP meeting in Nairobi in early Ma…

A worker picks tea at a plantation in Githunguri, 30 km (18 miles) from Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2012.

December 5, 2014

China
Guest Post: Latin America, Energy Matrices, and the Future of Climate Change

This is a guest post by Matthew Michaelides, an intern here at the Council on Foreign Relations who works with me in the Latin America program. This week world leaders meet in Lima, Peru to discus…

April 18, 2017

Economics
Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

The Council on Foreign Relations held a two-session symposium on April 18, 2017 that addressed the importance of economic irrationality, crowd behavior, and other elements of behavioral finance in un…

Jeffrey Liebman and Maya Shankar discuss with Zachary Karabell

November 13, 2012

Americas
Guest Post: Latin America’s Working Women

This is a guest post by Stephanie Leutert, a research associate here at the Council on Foreign Relations who works with me in the Latin America program. Over the last decade, poverty, and inequali…

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