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Kashmiri villagers chat in front a close shop as they wait for the body of Aaqib Ahmad Bhat to arrive in Shopian, 60 km (37 miles) south of Srinagar July 31, 2012. Bhat, a 22-year-old youth who was supplying waters in tankers to a camp of India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and was beaten to death by the CRPF personnel after an argument over some issue, said the relatives and villagers. However, the police said that Bhat was killed in a road accident and are investigating the matter. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E87V1JM101

Learning to cooperate and a culture of honor

Karla Hoff · Wednesday, February 13, 2019

A customer counts money inside a textile shop in Idumota Market, in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nyancho NwaNri - RC1A016FA600

Do tax increases always contract economies?

Samara Gunter, Daniel Riera-Crichton, Carlos Vegh, and Guillermo Vuletin

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13FA4477D0

Financing sustainable development: Is fintech the solution, problem, or irrelevant?

Monday, February 11, 2019

A labourer works at a construction site in Beijing's central business district July 12, 2012. China's economy may have grown around 7.5 percent in the second quarter and nearly 8 percent in the first half, and will recover steadily in the second half as policy stimulus gains traction, a senior economist at the cabinet's think-tank said on Thursday. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E87C1DPX01

The future of capitalism in emerging markets

Thursday, February 7, 2019

A patient gets examined by a health worker during a visit by Netherlands Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen at a Family Health Options clinic in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2017. picture taken May 16, 2017.REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1DABC9A570

Achieving health gains on the way to universal health coverage in Africa

Andrea Thoumi and Shashika Bandara

Friday, February 1, 2019

Teak logs are loaded onto a lorry at a logging camp in Pinlebu township, Sagaing division in northern Myanmar March 9, 2014. Picture taken March 9, 2014. To match story MYANMAR-FORESTS/ REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA3L14CT01

The deforestation risks of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Elizabeth Losos, Alexander Pfaff, and Lydia Olander

Monday, January 28, 2019

A girl is silhouetted against the sun standing next to Uzbek flags in Tashkent November 5, 2005. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo - S1BEUGTDXIAA

Uzbekistan’s star appears in the credit rating universe

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

A man walks in front of the India Gate shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC113DDAC100

Joyless growth in China, India, and the United States

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 26, 2016. Indian bonds, shares and the rupee gained on Friday after a key government report on the economy was seen as calling for fiscal prudence and stable inflation, while also acknowledging risks to the growth outlook. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade - D1BESPFKCFAA

Why hasn’t technology improved government effectiveness?

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, January 18, 2019

Men work at an e-scooter assembly line of Vinfast Auto and Motorcycle factory in Hai Phong city, Vietnam November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kham - RC1468580640

5 puzzles in the international economy

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Participants including elderly and middle-aged people exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" at a temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC14EDF2A330

Can higher mortality be a sign of progress?

Wolfgang Fengler

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

OECD Secretary General Jose Angel Gurria attends a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1CAD9AD680

Don’t undermine the basic architecture of OECD/DAC statistics: A Letter of warning

J. Brian Atwood, Richard Manning, and Hedwig Riegler

Friday, December 21, 2018

A factory floor of XCMG Group is seen in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China August 14, 2015. Two years after China unveiled a sweeping plan to rebuild Silk Road trade links with Europe and Asia, machinery maker XCMG Group has opened a factory in Uzbekistan, sent 300 staff abroad and set ambitious goals to grow overseas. XCMG's foreign venture piggybacks on China's bold scheme to extend its global influence through financing infrastructure projects in 65 nations that are home to two-thirds of humanity, and at the same time win new markets for companies weighed down by profit-crushing overcapacity at home. Picture taken August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Brenda Goh - GF10000192838

How Uzbekistan is transforming into an open economy

Lilia Burunciuc, Wolfgang Fengler, Wiebke Schloemer, and Daria Taglioni

Thursday, December 20, 2018

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall, as he holds Kenyan shillings (KSh) in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1C78EE9D90

From one to many: Cash transfer debates in ending extreme poverty

George Ingram and John McArthur

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

People protest against the conservative government's makeover of the Polish judiciary in Warsaw, Poland July 3, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Dawid Zuchowicz via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. - RC1B4D6F1EE0

Why are Poles unimpressed with Poland’s economic achievements?

Enrique Aldaz-Carroll, Rogier van den Brink, and Emilia Skrok

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Contributors

Homi Kharas

Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development

Shanta Devarajan

Senior Director, Development Economics - World Bank

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Wolfgang Fengler

Lead Economist, Trade and Competitiveness - World Bank

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Indermit Gill

Professor of Practice of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy - Duke University

About Future Development

This blog was first launched in September 2013 by the World Bank in an effort to hold governments more accountable to poor people and offer solutions to the most prominent development challenges. Continuing this goal, Future Development was re-launched in January 2015 at brookings.edu.

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