Wilson Center Experts
John W. Sewell
Senior Scholar
Environmental Change and Security Program
Contact Information:
T 202/210-8858
// F 202/691-4001
Expertise:
Economics and Globalization
; Trade and Development
; Environment
; Global Governance
; International Development
Affiliation:
Author; Former President of the Overseas Development Council (ODC)
Wilson Center Project(s):
"A New Realism: Globalization, Development and American National Interests"“Development Without Aid.”
Term:
Sep 01, 2003
Aug 31, 2012
John W. Sewell is a Senior Scholar at The Wilson Center. His current research analyses how globalization has affected the American national interests in the developing world and the changes in U.S. development policy that are needed to deal with the challenges of the 21st Century., He has recently published a Wilson Center policy paper entitled The Realpolitik of Ending Poverty: An Action Plan for American Foreign Policy. Sewell is the former President of the Overseas Development Council (ODC). He has written extensively on globalization and development issues and on American foreign, and advises several projects dealing with reform of the international finance and trade architecture.He serves as Chair the Board of New Rules for Global Finance, an NGO working on reform of the international financial institutions. For many years, he served on the Board of Director of The International Center for Research on Women, including as Vice Chairman. He also is a member of the advisory board of Global Governance.
Major Publications
- A Memo to the Next President: Promoting American Interests Through Smarter, More Strategic Global Policies, October 2008
- "Foreign Aid Redux: Can Official Development Assistance Be Made Relevant for the 21st Century?" available at www.wilsoncenter.org
- "Poverty: Combatting the Global Crisis," The Better World Campaign (www.betterworldcampaign.org)
- "Poverty: Combating the Global Crisis", The Better World Campaign, 2008
- The Realpolitik of Ending Poverty: An Action Plan for U.S. Foreign Policy, 2007
- "Challenges Facing the WTO and Policies to Address Global Governance," co-author, The Role of the World Trade Organization in Global Governance (United Nations University Press, 2001)
- "Challenges and Priorities in the 1990s: An Alternative U.S. International Affairs Budget, FY 1993," co-editor (Overseas Development Council, July 1992)
- Growth, Exports, and Jobs in a Changing World Economy: Agenda 1988, co-editor (Transaction Books, February 1988)
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