Brian Levy

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Brian Levy teaches at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He was the founding academic director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town.

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How Inequality and Polarization Interact: America’s Challenges Through a South African Lens

Both South Africa and the United States wrestle with severe inequality, polarization, and the corrosion of democratic institutions. South Africa’s experiences provide important lessons for the United States’ own governance challenges.

  • Brian Levy
· April 27, 2022
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South Africa: When Inequality and Institutions Collide
April 7, 2021

In this symposium, prominent experts engage with the authors of the recent major Carnegie paper, “South Africa: When Strong Institutions and Massive Inequalities Collide,” to probe these tensions and the prospects for South Africa political and economic future.

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South Africa: When Strong Institutions and Massive Inequalities Collide

South Africa's economic and social imbalances can no longer be swept under the rug. The country has three choices: muddle through, endure another surge of ethnopopulism, or pursue inclusive development.

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  • Brian Levy
  • Alan Hirsch
  • Vinothan Naidoo
  • Musa Nxele
· March 18, 2021
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New Thinking on Governance, Aid, and Development
September 11, 2014

No issue in international development is as important, or vexing, as the relationship between governance and development.

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The Elusive Synthesis: Exploring the Changing Relationship Between Democracy Support and Development Aid
October 7, 2010

The once relatively separate communities of democracy aid and development aid have in recent years become increasingly interconnected as developmentalists acknowledge the importance of taking politics into account and accept governance as a factor in developmental success.

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