Topics & Regions

Areas of Research

PIIE’s experts research and analyze a full range of rapidly changing issues, challenges, and developments facing the global economy and individual regions and countries.

Economic Issues

Economic issues facing the world economy, as well as regions and countries, include prospects for growth, inflation, energy and the environment, inequality, labor issues, emerging markets, and the impact of new technologies.

Finance

PIIE scholars produce path breaking research on the changing world of finance, including financial crises, banking reform, monetary policy, and the effects of regulations and taxes.

Subtopics

Banking

Capital Markets

Currency

Currency Manipulation

Financial Crises

Monetary Policy

Regulations

Taxes

Organizations

Search here for how PIIE’s world renowned scholars analyze the major institutions of global and regional economic governance and development.

Subtopics

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Central Banks

European Central Bank

European Commission

Export-Import Bank

G20

International Monetary Fund

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

People's Bank of China

United Nations

US Federal Reserve

World Bank

World Trade Organization

Political Economy

Because economic issues affect many other realms, Institute scholars devote much of their research to the relationship of these issues to government and governance, human rights, politics, security, corruption, and many other areas.

Subtopics

Health

Nuclear

Trade & Investment

The authoritative research and analysis by PIIE scholars on the impact of worldwide flows of trade and investment, including the effects on competition, intellectual property rights, and multinational corporations, is widely recognized. Look here to learn about specific trade and investment pacts, disputes, and negotiations.

Subtopics

Foreign Direct Investment

Free Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property Rights

Manufacturing

Multinational Corporations

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

US-China Trade War

USMCA / NAFTA

Regions and Countries

In an ever changing world economy, PIIE experts analyze the impact and challenges affecting regions and countries—from the rise of China and India as economic powers to the struggles of the rest of Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.

Argentina

Brazil

Burma

Canada

China

East Asia & Pacific

Egypt

Europe & Central Asia

European Union

Former Soviet Economies

France

Germany