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Russia's Development of Siberia: What is to be Done?

June 18, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Economic Issues Remain Murky As Iranians Go To Polls

June 12, 2013, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Taksim and the Left

June 10, 2013, Kemal Derviş

Obama-Xi Summit: Four Reasons Africa Deserves Attention at the Talks

June 7, 2013, Vera Songwe, Yun Sun and Julius Agbor

The traditional flashpoints between the two countries, the currency issue and trade have diminished as flashpoints. The real opportunity here lies in the fact that China and the U.S. now have a commonality of interests.

June 7, 2013, Eswar Prasad, Bloomberg

China has subtly but very, very slightly shifted to the defensive on some of these economic issues. They want to make sure they don’t get left out, and I think the U.S. has, again very subtly, tried to maneuver a little bit around China by building stronger relationships with other countries in the Asian region.

June 6, 2013, Eswar Prasad, National Journal

A lot depends on what you do with the investment you attract. [If Ghana sells bond after bond so it can build a string of gold-plated palaces, not so helpful. But if, after Nigeria updates its GDP, foreign investors fly to Lagos to meet up with the app designers at Pledge 51, that's clearly a good thing.] That's one of the good examples of where this can have a positive impact.

May 31, 2013, John Page, National Public Radio

Eliminate Poverty - Sustainable Development

May 31, 2013, George Ingram

The Coming Wave

June 2013, G. Andrew Karolyi, David Ng and Eswar Prasad

The African Union Can Do More to Support Regional Integration

May 17, 2013, Michael Rettig, Anne W. Kamau and Augustus Sammy Muluvi

A Theoretical Framework for Kenya's Central Bank Macroeconometric Model

May 2013, Maureen Were, Anne W. Kamau, Moses M. Sichei and Moses Kiptui

Iran’s Presidential Election Puts Populism to the Test

May 15, 2013, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Mapping the African Growth Landscape

May 15, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

2013, Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn and Deborah L. Wetzel

Six Major Decision Points for Uhuru Administration

May 12, 2013, Eric Aligula and Anne W. Kamau

World Economic Forum on Africa: Delivering Africa’s Promise

May 6, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Part of the emphasis on the economic relationship is also an attempt to change the perception in America about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

May 2, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, National Journal

A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz

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This is a new world, this is a much more integrated American market than we’ve seen in the past. I think updating the American people on this reality is the main objective for the White House.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Washington Times

The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times

Africa Answers: Five Questions for Lawrence Bategeka about Uganda’s New Oil Law

May 1, 2013, Anne W. Kamau and Andrew Westbury

Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

Is Africa Rising or Not? A Discussion of Economic Opportunities and Development Challenges in Africa

April 25, 2013

From Bottom Billion to Top Trillion: Using Commodity-Backed Securities to Support the Future of Africa’s Resource Economies

April 17, 2013, Vera Songwe

April 2013 Update to TIGER: Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery

April 2013, Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda