Global Economy and Development

A general view of the U.S. Capitol after United States Vice President Kamala Harris, voted on the Senate floor to break the 50-50 tie to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

How three big bills in Congress will spur innovation and competitiveness

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, August 8, 2022

A delegate walks at the Kigali Convention Centre, the venue hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Andrew Mold and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

How to improve global supply chains

Darrell M. West and David Dollar

Monday, July 25, 2022

Activists from the social justice centres working group chant during a demonstration asking the government to lower costs of living, especially on food prices, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

African Youth Survey reveals sustained optimism and shifting priorities

Ivor Ichikowitz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks at a press conference at the end of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau.

Post-G7 summit, a time of great uncertainty in the global economy

Douglas A. Rediker and David Dollar

Monday, July 11, 2022

africa landscape

Pursuing an education “Against All Odds”

Betty Ogiel Rubanga and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader and Member of Parliament Marine Le Pen is escorted by France's President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the presidential Elysee Palace, France, June 21, 2022. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

After France’s parliamentary elections, can Macron govern at home and lead abroad?

Célia Belin and David Dollar

Monday, June 27, 2022

A newly commissioned Nigerian railway is seen Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebutemeta, Lagos, Nigeria, on June 10, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Lagos for the inauguration of the 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. The Construction which started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in December 2020. The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a holding capacity of 6000 passengers A statement from the precedential aide ''''Femi Adesina''. ''President Buhari is committed to developing a modern national railway network that will connect every part of Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce and national integration.'' (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Julius Kiiza

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

More than 1,000 South Korea-made Daewoo cars are unloaded at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on March 31. The cars will be disassembled and shipped in containers to neighbouring countries.BULGARIA DAEWOO

A short history of trade liberalization in developing countries

Douglas A. Irwin and David Dollar

Monday, June 13, 2022

'Fridays for Future' coordinator Hilda Flavia Nakabuye holds a sign during the global 'School Strike for Climate' in Kampala, Uganda on May 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alice McCool.

Young Ugandan climate activists on their work and vision

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Morris Nyombi, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 8, 2022