Dhruv Gandhi

As Phase One of reopening begins in Northern Virginia today, a waiter in a face mask to protect against the coronavirus (COVID-19) serves diners seated outdoors at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Visualizing vulnerable jobs across America: A tool to understand your local economy and inform its recovery

Marcela Escobari, Natalie Geismar, and Dhruv Gandhi

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Community volunteers put the masks on as they prepare to distribute food packages during a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a township in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Africa in the news: South Africa looks to open up; COVID-19 complicates food security, malaria response

Dhruv Gandhi, Christina Golubski, and Payce Madden

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Medical staff members work at the yet to be used field hospital build to treat a large number of patients due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: African governments, multilaterals address COVID-19 emergency, debt relief

Dhruv Gandhi and Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 18, 2020

A police officer is pictured at a road block while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: COVID-19 impacts African economies and daily lives; clashes in the Sahel

Dhruv Gandhi, Anna Schaeffer, and Payce Madden

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Primary school students attend a class at school that uses a new unified Somali curriculum, at Banadir zone school in Mogadishu, Somalia September 22, 2019. Picture taken September 22, 2019.REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Figures of the week: Public spending on education in Africa

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Women work at the Khartoum Stock Exchange in Khartoum, Sudan November 6, 2019. Picture taken November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Figure of the week: Economic gains from increasing female labor force participation in Africa

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

A displaced girl is tested for malaria at an MSF clinic in Tomping camp, where some 17,000 displaced people who fled their homes are being sheltered by the United Nations, in Juba January 10, 2014. Violence erupted in South Sudan's capital Juba in mid-December and spread to oil-producing regions and beyond, dividing the two-year-old land-locked country along ethnic lines. Some 60,000 civilians are being protected at U.N. Bases. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY HEALTH)

Figure of the week: Poverty and health care SDG projections in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

A general view shows containers at the Nairobi Terminus operating the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC114F8FE5C0

The Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2019

Dhruv Gandhi and Payce Madden

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Workers handle cashew nuts at a processing plant in Bouake February 23, 2012. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E82O02D001

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the employment intensity of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, December 16, 2019

Signs showing arrival and departure directions are seen on a drive-way into the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB8A57B0

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s visa on arrival, Ethiopia’s agreements with IMF, World Bank, and aviation update

Saturday, December 14, 2019