Global Economy and Development

The U.S. is hardly an island amidst this storm of supply disruptions and rising demand, especially for goods and commodities.

Eswar Prasad New York Times January 22, 2022

Mary Carmen Che Chi, 31, meets with the mothers of her pupils, amid the coronavirus pandemic at the Ignacio Ramírez Calzada primary school in the indigenous community of Celtún, Chichimilá municipality, Yucatán state, Mexico on May 4, 2021. Mary Carmen meets with the parents every two weeks to distribute learning materials, as well as to support and coach them through at-home learning during school closure. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted education for an estimated 90 percent of the worlds school children. In Mexico, schools have been closed since mid-March 2020 and the government switched the system to distanced learning or Aprende en Casa (Learn at Home), where students learn on television and the internet at home. However, due to the lack of internet connectivity and the barrier of the language, distance learning has been impossible for many children in isolated and impoverished parts of the country. Celtún is a rural, remote and indigenous community in the state of Yucatán, with no telecommunications infrastructure. There, to ensure continuity of learning to their students, teachers at the Ignacio Ramírez Calzada primary school Mary Carmen Che Chi and José Manuel Cen Kauil, prepare bilingual learning materials at their home and distribute it to their students every two weeks. Today, schools still remain closed in Mexico, but since September 2020, the two teachers have gotten the green light from their supervisor to run small in-person classes every two weeks at the school as the coronavirus pandemic continues. (Photo by Bénédicte Desrus/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Top 5 insights for improving family-school collaboration during COVID and beyond

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

A researcher works inside a laboratory at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jackson Njehia

Investment in science and technology is key to an African economic boom

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Landry Signé

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Iranian women sit in a cafe after the launching of the "Hamdam" dating app, in Tehran, Iran, July 17, 2021. Picture taken July 17, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The Middle East and North Africa’s patrilineal trap

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

A mother reads to her toddler.

A little cash goes a long way to support early childhood and development

Molly Scott, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

A man walks past electricity pylons in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Addressing Africa’s dual challenges: Climate change and electricity access

Jeanine Mabunda Lioko

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Residents are seen in the Ivorian cocoa farming village of Djigbadji, commonly known as Bandikro or Bandit Town, located inside the Rapides Grah protected forest and destroyed by forest authorities in January 2020, in Soubre, Ivory Coast January 7, 2021. Picture taken January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Valuing local knowledge and solutions for SDG progress

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Jamie Drummond, and Kennedy Odede

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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Breakthrough

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2022

Students from around the world read.

Global education trends and research to follow in 2022

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Helen Shwe Hadani, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Maysa Jalbout, Elizabeth M. King, Jennifer L. O’Donoghue, Brad Olsen, Jordan Shapiro, Emiliana Vegas, and Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, January 24, 2022

Nouf al-Qahtani, Enablement Programs Manager at Saudi Human Resources Development Fund, walks in the office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 19, 2021. Picture taken August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Is Saudi Arabia entering a ‘Great Reshuffle’?

Nayib Rivera and Johannes Koettl

Monday, January 24, 2022