The Brookings Institution Press published this book I co-authored with Ms. Jaleswari Pramodhawardani. Supported by USINDO.

This Brookings forum was a launch event for my study “Out of Business and On Budget: The Challenge of Military Financing in Indonesia”.

In this op-ed, I fault the US and other traditional aid donors for claiming that China’s loans will lead to debt problems in Africa.

In this Brookings Policy Brief, co-authored with Sarah Zalud, we highlight the international volunteer programs getting federal funding.

In this Brookings op-ed, I explained why the upcoming presidential campaign is an obstacle to much needed reforms of the IMF and World Bank.

In this op-ed, I stressed the importance of creating “political space” for the next U.S. President to advance much-needed reforms.

This Brooking working paper led to creating the Brookings Initiative on International Volunteer Service and the Building Bridges Coalition.

In this Brookings report, I examine the write-off of Nigeria’s debt to Paris Club creditors proposed by the UK. It is the right thing to do.

This Brookings Policy Brief, co-authored with Jim Fox, made the case for more budget funding of startup Millennium Challenge Corporation.

In this Brookings op-ed, I explained how Nigeria’s debt to Paris Club creditors ballooned and why a generous write-off makes sense.

In this Brookings op-ed, reflecting on the Indian Ocean tsunami, I wrote that debt relief for tsunami-impacted countries is “good medicine”.

One of my biggest publishing coups was getting this essay published in the September-October issue of Foreign Affairs.

In this Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I pushed back on an Editorial by pointing to a specific Paris Club treatment for Iraq.

In the Brookings op-ed, I focused on the momentous national election of 2004, arguably its first free and fair democratic election.

In this Brookings op-ed, I addressed the USG push to get debt relief for Iraq and called for comparable attention to the case of Argentina.

In this Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I objected to Martin Wolf’s hard line on Argentina and offered a sustainable approach.

In this NPR interview, I talked about Secretary of State James Baker’s travel to get support for debt relief for Iraq.

This is the audio file and transcript of my interview by NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates on the subject of debt relief for Iraq.

To my surprise, this Brookings Policy Brief arguably had more policy impact than any other project undertaken in my 18 years at Brookings.

This is the Brookings working paper that was boiled down to produce the Policy Brief “Reconsidering the Peace Corps”.