Global Economy and Development

Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria 1 January 2021, souvenir and ticket office for medieval castle new years day walk

What constrained firm investments in digital technologies during the pandemic?

Leonardo Iacovone, Natasha Kapil, Lukasz Marek Marc, Giovanna Marcolongo, Ilias Skamnelos, and Gallina A. Vincelette

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A student in a Nigerian classroom raises her hand.

Education in emergency in Nigeria: Creating gender equitable policies so all girls have an uninterrupted right to learn

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A street vendor adjusts the internet settings on a customer's mobile phone in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Measuring internet poverty

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Marco Fengler, Katharina Fenz, Homi Kharas, and Leo Saenger

Monday, July 26, 2021

An employee cleans a machine inside the factory of the baobab Fruit Company Senegal in Thies, Senegal June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister

Reconciling economic growth and youth employment creation in Senegal

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye

Monday, July 26, 2021

A boy collects water from a shallow well on the Kenyan side of Moyale, June 11, 2009. Prolonged drought, lack of water and limited pasture have led to conflict between the Somali and Borena ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia ? that left hundreds of people dead in February this year. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says it needs some 100 million Swiss francs to prevent conflict, famine and epidemics as well as restore the livelihoods of 2.5 million people in the Horn of Africa. Picture taken June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Irada Humbatova (KENYA SOCIETY CONFLICT HEALTH)

Addressing Africa’s extreme water insecurity

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Friday, July 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: People walk through a crowded market on a rainy day amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

What lessons can Africa learn from India’s COVID-19 crisis?

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su

Friday, July 23, 2021

Calcutta,,India

The economic benefits of cities in the developing world

Arti Grover, Somik V. Lall, and Jonathan Timmis

Friday, July 23, 2021

A woman paints on ceramic products at an assembly of Hai Duong ceramic factory in Hai Duong province, Vietnam July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Training and support for female entrepreneurs in Vietnam: What do women want and need?

Tran Thi Ngoc Tran

Friday, July 23, 2021

Accra, Ghana.- In the photo taken on March 1, 2021, Ghana kicked off a COVID-19 vaccination campaign with vaccines from the COVAX initiative. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, and their spouses took the first doses in the West African country.

What India’s COVID-19 crisis means for Africa

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Gas burns off at the al-Shuaiba oil refinery in southwest Basra, Iraq April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Decoupling economic growth from emissions in the Middle East and North Africa

Martin Philipp Heger and Lukas Vashold

Thursday, July 22, 2021