Global Economy and Development

A boy walks past makeshift toilets erected beneath electricity pylons, ahead of local government elections in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

New targets and metrics for energy reliability, productivity, and quality

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Todd Moss, and Clare Boland Ross

Thursday, January 13, 2022

ASEAN leaders are seen on a screen as they attend the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

The state of Asian trade and trade agreements in 2022

David Dollar and Peter A. Petri

Monday, January 10, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Scuba divers swim past fish along a coral reef off the west coast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania, December 4, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (TANZANIA)/File Photo

A local problem-solving framework that benefits people and oceans

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lisa Dreier, and David Obura

Thursday, January 6, 2022

A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Making human waste a resource at scale

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Letitia Obeng, and Jennifer Sara

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 12, 2021: An exhibition at an international congress titled Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare. Sechenov Digital Health Summit held by the Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare research center as part of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.No use Russia.

Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Steve Davis, and Pardis Sabeti

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

BAMYAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 8, 2021: Tenth-grade pupils attend a lesson at a secondary school for girls. Upon the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) declared the establishment of its control over the whole country on September 6, a new government formed a day later. Among other reforms, the Taliban have also introduced a number of restrictions concerning education and employment for girls and women. Alexandra Kovalskaya/TASS.No use Russia.

Echidna Global Scholars: Better learning opportunities and life outcomes for girls and young women

Jennifer L. O’Donoghue, Nangyalai Attal, Arundhuti Gupta, Edem Dorothy Ossai, and Tran Thi Ngoc Tran

Thursday, December 23, 2021

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

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

A “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance

Amar Bhattacharya, John Podesta, Zia Khan, and John McArthur

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Warehouse workers deal with inventory stacked up to the ceiling at an ABT Electronics Facility in Glenview, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2018. Picture taken December 4, 2018. To match Insight USA-RETAILERS/TRADE REUTERS/Richa Naidu

The United States’ unusual recovery from pandemic recession

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti and David Dollar

Monday, December 20, 2021