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Feb 6, 20043 min read
Reducing Iraq’s Foreign Debt
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.

Feb 3, 20042 min read
Argentina: Facing Up to its Debt Mess
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.

Dec 19, 20031 min read
Baker Concludes European Tour
In this NPR interview, I talked about Secretary of State James Baker’s travel to get support for debt relief for Iraq.


Dec 19, 20031 min read
Restructuring Iraq's Sovereign Debt
This is the audio file and transcript of my interview by NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates on the subject of debt relief for Iraq.


Dec 1, 200312 min read
Reconsidering the Peace Corps
To my surprise, this Brookings Policy Brief arguably had more policy impact than any other project undertaken in my 18 years at Brookings.


Oct 14, 20032 min read
The Peace Corps in a Turbulent World
This is the Brookings working paper that was boiled down to produce the Policy Brief “Reconsidering the Peace Corps”.


Sep 8, 20031 min read
A Preview of the World Bank/IMF and World Trade Organization Meetings
This is the transcript of a Brookings panel with four speakers. I spoke about sovereign debt restructuring.

Sep 4, 20031 min read
Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The Case for Ad Hoc Machinery
This book was my ticket into the Brookings Institution. It deals with the only policy area where I can fairly claim world class expertise.


Dec 20, 20024 min read
Aid Breakthrough or Disaster?
This Brookings op-ed described features of startup Millennium Challenge Corporation that could stop it from being a great aid instrument.


Jan 1, 19871 min read
A Prize-Winning Essay
My writing career received a huge boost when I won first prize in the Amex Bank Review essay competition in 1986.


Dec 1, 19851 min read
The Role of Paris Club in Managing Debt Problems
Growing concerns this year about debt-servicing problems among low-income countries have rekindled interest in my first serious publication.


Jan 1, 19841 min read
The Paris Club, 1978-83
This is a companion piece to my Princeton Essay. It was published in a 1984 issue of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
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