Isha Vij

Next IMF Managing Director Appointment Should Be Merit Based ArticleJune 15, 2011

France's Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment Christine Lagarde is the front-runner in the race to be the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund. (AP/Jacques Brinon)

Next IMF Managing Director Appointment Should Be Merit Based

Isha Vij argues that the next International Monetary Fund managing director’s appointment should be decided by who’s best for the job.

Jun 15, 2011

Isha Vij

Employment Growth Continues, but Too Slowly to Secure Recovery ArticleJanuary 7, 2011

Raymone Davis of Vista, CA, checks for jobs at a career development center in Oceanside, CA, on January 6, 2011. Last month's job gains were concentrated in low-wage, low-productivity industries, frustrating job seekers. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Employment Growth Continues, but Too Slowly to Secure Recovery

The economy added 103,000 jobs in December, but policymakers have to stay focused on the still-fragile recovery, write Adam S. Hersh and Isha Vij.

Jan 7, 2011

Adam Hersh, Isha Vij

Beyond Moral Justification ReportDecember 8, 2010

The recent economic crisis makes it even more challenging for developing countries to achieve gender parity—when men and women have equal access to economic opportunity and outcomes in education, in the transition from school to work, and in the labor market. (AP/Kent Gilbert)

Beyond Moral Justification

Isha Vij and Sabina Dewan examine the importance of delivering just jobs to women.

Dec 8, 2010

Isha Vij, Sabina Dewan

The Case for Just Jobs ReportDecember 8, 2010

Ensuring the enforcement of labor standards and social protection helps create a more even playing field so that countries with lower levels of development than other countries cannot leverage poor labor standards as a competitive strategy. (AP/Rajesh Nirgude)

The Case for Just Jobs

Just jobs raise living standards for millions of people and serve as instruments for promoting global stability and security, write John Podesta and Sabina Dewan.

Dec 8, 2010

John Podesta, Sabina Dewan, Isha Vij

Planning Beyond 2015 ArticleSeptember 20, 2010

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, September 20, 2010. (AP/Richard Drew)

Planning Beyond 2015

Renewing momentum toward the Millennium Development Goals will require the UN to recast priorities, write Isha Vij and Sabina Dewan.

Sep 20, 2010

Isha Vij, Sabina Dewan

Bush Budget Bomb About to Blow ArticleNovember 16, 2009

Sandy Gay, 2nd grade teacher at Princeton Primary School, helps a student in Princeton, WV. Gay is among the more 19,000 teachers and school officials who rely on 401(k)-style accounts for their retirement. (AP/Jon C. Hancock)

Bush Budget Bomb About to Blow

A tax loophole that will allow high-income earners to invest in Roth IRAs beginning in January 2010 is a shortsighted scheme that is fiscally irresponsible and economically backward, write Isha Vij and Michael Linden.

Nov 16, 2009

Isha Vij, Michael Linden

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