Indermit Gill

A branch of South African clothing and homeware retailer Mr Price is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

South Africa after COVID-19—light at the end of a very long tunnel

Wolfgang Fengler, Marie-Francoise Nelly, Indermit Gill, Benedicte Baduel, and Facundo Cuevas

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and whose father is being treated for COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit, shops ingredients to make handmade soap for sale, in Pisco, Peru, May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

Indermit Gill and Philip Schellekens

Thursday, May 27, 2021

A man pushes a hand-cart past closed shops following protests in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Did Africa turn a corner in 2020 or did it just dodge a bullet?

Indermit Gill and Kenan Karakülah

Friday, February 5, 2021

Yonghe Temple, Beijing, China, Jun 17,2018: Old female beggar on the street was asking some money from tourists who passing by.

Deep-sixing poverty in China

Monday, January 25, 2021

Pedestrians wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk next to a sculpture of the world in a public park in Vina del Mar, Chile April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

The world economy in 2020—the IMF gets it mostly right

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Storm clouds

The World in 2020, as forecast by The Economist

Friday, April 10, 2020

A healthcare worker takes a break outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Coronavirus lessons from New York and San Francisco

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

A general view of the skyline from the Makati City Hall in Manila

Growth strategies to avoid the middle-income trap

Homi Kharas and Indermit Gill

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Security officers keep watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1ADFE7A400

Whoever leads in artificial intelligence in 2030 will rule the world until 2100

Friday, January 17, 2020

A health worker walks between parked ambulances at the Avenue hospital in Nairobi, Kenya February 1, 2019. Picture taken February 1, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC15F30A3BC0

What happens to health financing during the middle-income transition?

Ipchita Bharali and Indermit Gill

Monday, December 16, 2019