George Ingram

Jan 21, 2025 | brookings.edu | George Ingram

Editor's note: As a meeting summary, this page summarizes discussions held at a Brookings Center for Sustainable Development private roundtable in December 2024.

Oct 11, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram

The 2019 Global Fragility Act (GFA) and the resulting U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability (SPCPS) are textbook models for how external experts can positively work with policymakers to shape U.S. legislation and strategy. But they also demonstrate that even the best designed laws and strategies will struggle to confront entrenched bureaucratic realities and ways of doing business.

Sep 20, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram

Localization, putting local stakeholders rather than donors in the driver’s seat of development, is becoming the accepted mode of development, at least in theory, if not in practice. As one of the least understood elements of localization is the role of international actors, in April 2024, the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development hosted a roundtable to seek to define that role—or roles—better.

Sep 19, 2024 | brookings.edu | Brahima Coulibaly |Landry Signé |George Ingram |Priya Vora

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened last week in New York City. As world leaders come together to discuss how to make progress on intertwined global challenges, these are the issues experts from the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings will be watching closely.

Sep 12, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram

Editor's note: This piece updates a 2019 article originally published by The Ripon Forum. Eight decades of American foreign aid has generated confusion among U.S. taxpayers on how and how many tax dollars are spent on foreign assistance. As we are in the midst of an election cycle, it is important that candidates, voters, and media have a better understanding of how taxpayer dollars are currently used to advance our national interest.