Global Economy and Development

Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury, right, listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 9, 2021. Biden proposed major boosts in funding to combat inequality, disease and climate change as part of a $1.52 trillion budget request for 2022, part of his wider push to redefine the role of government in American lives. Photographer: Amr Alfiky/Pool/Sipa USA/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Ending a 30-year race to the bottom

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Financial stock exchange market display screen board on the street

The global economy’s uneven recovery

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Katherine Tai, nominee for US Trade Representative speaks at the Senate Finance Committee hearing at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. February 25, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS

Digital trade deal ripe for the Indo-Pacific

Wendy Cutler and Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, April 5, 2021

Dhaka, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 30, 2017: Readymade garments product buyers and sellers visit Bangladesh International Garments Textile Expo at Bashundhara International Convention City in Dhaka. S

Bangladesh at 50

Friday, March 26, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he takes part in a Munich Security Conference virtual event from the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

America’s return to the world

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Farmers take part in a tractor rally to protest against farm laws on the occasion of India's Republic Day in Delhi, India, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

India’s farm laws are a global problem

Friday, February 19, 2021

Emissions from flue-gas stacks of a thermal power station.

The decarbonization paradox

Kemal Derviş and Sebastian Strauss

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Barpeta, Assam, India. 15 October 2019. Children wash their hands during an event to mark Global Handwashing Day at a primary school on the outskirt of Guwahati.

Closing the COVID trust deficit

Pascaline Dupas, Joseph Doyle, and Karen Macours

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to the mission to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri//File Photo

How to stop ethnic nationalism from tearing Ethiopia apart

Addisu Lashitew

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Mexico City Financial center and business district close to Paseo De Reforma E

This decade’s growth champions

Tuesday, February 2, 2021