Spotlight

Beatriz Bulla is a journalist and reporter for O Estado de S. Paulo, one of Brazil's most influential and longest-running quality newspapers.

Andreas Dombret, an executive board member of the Deutsche Bundesbank—Germany’s central bank—visited SIPA on April 20 to discuss challenges facing the Euro area from the German perspective.

Fake news and the pursuit of truth in the media is not an issue unique to American jounalists today.

On March 17, 2017, the international conference of The World Economy and the Role of the State in Economic Growth was successfully held in Beijing.

Jan Svejnar discusses the upside and downside risks of global economic growth, emphasizing the significance of China and the political situation in Europe.  He also raises key questions for policy makers about ahead of future challenges. Download the policy brief here.

Faculty Associate, Marcos Troyjo discusses how the people of Brazil participate in mass street protests to express public sentiment and express themselves politically.

A two-day conference in Brazil concludes a three-year research initiative by Columbia University’s Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG), in conjunction with the Columbia Global Centers in Paris, Beijing, and Rio de Janeiro.

Faculty Associates, Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya collaborate with other scholars to write and edit a timely book that highlights trends and challenges in the world trade system.

Patricia Mosser, the director of the Initiative on Central Banking and Financial Policy highlights key areas that could significantly improve the design of central banks. Download the policy brief here

On Friday, October 30th, the Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG) hosted Luis Felipe Céspedes, Chile’s Minister for Economy, Development and Tourism, who discussed the main pillars of the Agenda, and how Chile is working to enhance its productivity to generate more inclusive growth.

On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, the Governor of the Bank of Thailand, Veerathai Santiprabhob, led a talk titled “Challenges for Monetary Policy Conduct of Emerging Market Central Banks” that was co-sponsored by the Initiative on Central Bank and Monetary Policy directed by Patricia C. Mosser.  A subsequent discussion was led by Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA.

Merit E. Janow, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, welcomed Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, to Columbia University on September 28, 2016.