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March 19, 2024

Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down

Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.

Hong Kong police force a man's arms behind his back, as an officer stands close to the camera, in Hong Kong.
Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong

February 16, 2016

Brazil
Seven Uncertainties in Lenten Brazil

Brazil is getting back to business after an exuberant carnival that brought irrepressible Brazilian humor to bear on serious national travails, including the Zika virus, Lula’s legal troubles, and th…

Blog Post by Matthew M. Taylor Latin America’s Moment

January 7, 2016

Brazil
Five Upsides to Brazil’s Crisis

Brazil is in the midst of the longest recession of the democratic era that began in 1985. Between 2015 and 2016, the economy will shrink by 7 percent, more than in any other two-year period in the pa…

Brazil's President Rousseff gestures during a meeting with social movements at Planalto Palace in Brasilia
Blog Post by Matthew M. Taylor Latin America’s Moment

March 24, 2017

Brazil
What U.S. Policymakers Can Learn From Brazil’s Anticorruption Gains

Brazil's path holds important lessons for how U.S. policymakers might assist other countries in their fight against corruption.

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Report by Matthew M. Taylor Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program

July 12, 2017

Corruption
Helping U.S. Lawyers in the Fight Against International Corruption

Last year was momentous for the breadth and depth of corruption revealed globally. Among the many remarkable events of 2016, the massive Panama Papers release, the multinational Odebrecht settlement,…

The exterior of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, July 14, 2009.
Blog Post by Matthew M. Taylor Development Channel