Baldwin Tong

Seven year old Barack Obama, named after U.S. President Barack Obama distributes books to his classmates at the Senator Obama primary school in Nyangoma village in Kogelo west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia in July, his third major trip to Sub-Saharan Africa after travelling to Ghana in 2009 and to Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa in 2011. He has also visited Egypt, in North Africa, and South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral. Obama will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president's father is buried. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Learning in East Africa: Where are children advancing

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, and Baldwin Tong

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Commuters walk through Canary Wharf, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world and as European stocks plunge into bear market territory, in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Using big data to assess London’s vulnerabilities and vitality

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, Baldwin Tong, and Andreas Walli

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A Turkana woman walks inside her makeshift house in Lobei village of Turkana district in northwest Kenya, October 2, 2009. The Turkana people are among the worst affected by the drought since they have also lost the ability to migrate as a result of conflict with the neighbouring communities leading to livestock deaths as a result of extreme heat, lack water and lack of pasture. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

To move the needle on ending extreme poverty, focus on rural areas

Homi Kharas, Constanza Di Nucci, Kristofer Hamel, and Baldwin Tong

Friday, February 21, 2020

A customer stands by as a vendor calculates at a shop near the village of al-Jaraib, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SEARCH "YEMEN HUNGER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC18893184D0

Global poverty reduction has slowed down—again

Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, Martin Hofer, and Baldwin Tong

Thursday, May 23, 2019

People walk in the city of Duekoue in western Ivory Coast August 18, 2015. Mont Peko is one of the protected parks of Duekoue department. Picture taken August 18, 2015. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - D1BETSIPBCAA

Poverty in Africa is now falling—but not fast enough

Kristofer Hamel, Baldwin Tong, and Martin Hofer

Thursday, March 28, 2019