Carole Brookins (August 16, 1943 – March 23, 2020) was an American executive director of the

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and an expert on the global

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

. Brookins attended the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

, graduating in 1965, and entered

Wall Street Wall Street is a street in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs eight city blocks between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in the west and South Street (Manhattan), South Str ...

in the early 1970s after being hired by

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, then one of the United States' largest stock brokerages. In 1980, she founded a company named World Perspectives, which focused on agricultural

market analysis A market analysis studies the attractiveness and the dynamics of a special market within a special industry. It is part of the industry analysis and thus in turn of the global environmental analysis. Through all of these analyses the strengths, ...

. Beginning in 1984, Brookins was given several roles in government. The first was as the chairman of the US Department of State's Advisory Committee on Food, Hunger & Agriculture in Developing Countries. Six years later,

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nominated her for the

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. Finally,

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appointed her as an executive director of and a US representative in the World Bank. Brookins held this role from 2001 to 2005. Brookins was also a member of the

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for life. Brookins died on March 23, 2020, in

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, of

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during the

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. She was 76 years old.

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