Global Economy and Development

A man poses with Zimbabwe's new two dollar banknotes as customers queue outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC2J9D9ID88X

Africa in the news: Billion-dollar valuation for Nigerian tech company, Kenya-Somalia relations, and new Zimbabwe bank notes

Saturday, November 16, 2019

People are seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a prayer vigil with youth at the Soamandrakizay Mess site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC11253C5FF0

Figure of the week: Migration and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, November 14, 2019

A visitor examines a Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher RPG-29 during the Russia-Africa Economic Forum Exhibition on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1A50BA75C0

What does Russia really want from Africa?

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013. The declaration, which helped touch off the American Revolution in 1776, begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth..." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E97406U201

The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Rebecca Winthrop and Meg Heubeck

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Lim Myeong-hee (L), 16, and her friend, middle school students who defected from North Korea, memorize English words as they look at English textbooks during supplementary lessons at the Hangyeore Middle and High School in Anseong, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Seoul, July 21, 2011. From the start of the 1950-53 Korean War till 1998, the total number of defectors in South Korea stood at less than 1,000. Today, the number is around 23,000. South Korean government last month started building a second reception centre for North Korean defectors at Hwacheon, about half an hour's drive from the border. Picture taken on July 21, 2011. To match feature KOREA-NORTH/DEFECTORS. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY EDUCATION) - GM1E78M1DEV01

A selective strategy to advance social and emotional skills through textbooks

Colette Chabbott

Friday, November 8, 2019

People stand in front of a projection on the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2019. On November 9th Germany will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) in 1989. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - RC1D9112CB30

How German reunification could change global capitalism today

Dennis J. Snower and Markus Engels

Friday, November 8, 2019

Kashmiri earthquake survivors carry valuables from the Kamsar camp some 10 km (6 miles) north of the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir January 23, 2006. The two-time refugees returned to the village to collect valuables, wood and metal roofs to build makeshift shelters in a new camp in Muzaffarabad. More than two million people have been living in tents or crude shelters patched together from ruined homes since the October 8, 2005 quake killed more than 73,000 people in northern Pakistan. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RP3DSFCZJEAE

Changing the culture of economics: The 2019 Nobel laureates

Thursday, November 7, 2019

A man walks on a street between buildings at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2015. The Bank of Japan maintained its current pace of monetary stimulus on Thursday, clinging to hopes that an economic recovery is in sight despite soft domestic capital expenditure and challenging global business conditions. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - GF20000065409

American optimism, longevity, and the role of lost hope in deaths of despair

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Students laugh and share a joke outside their classroom at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan, May 14, 2015. In Sudan, which faces insurgences in the western region of Darfur and along its border with breakaway South Sudan, as well as double-digit inflation and high unemployment, life goes on for young people in the capital Khartoum. As well as studying, for those who can afford it, the urban young of Sudan play football and netball, swim and fish in the nearby River Nile, attend prayers at local mosques and enjoy concerts or family celebrations. Other entertainment includes watching U.K. football matches and films on TV, with Facebook being ever popular for chatting amongst friends. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahPICTURE 11 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "YOUTH OF TODAY IN SUDAN". SEARCH "YOUNG NURELDIN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000121814

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Thursday, November 7, 2019

People walk on newly transformed Skenderbeg square in Tirana, Albania June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Florion Goga - RC1370A4B7C0

Bridging the productivity gap

Elwyn Davies, Hilda Shijaku, and Christoph Ungerer

Tuesday, November 5, 2019