Global Economy and Development

A woman is silhouetted next to a solar panel display by solar module supplier Upsolar at the fourth International Photovoltaic Power Generation (PV) Expo in Tokyo March 2, 2011. More than 600 companies in the solar energy business from 18 countries are taking part in the March 2-4 expo, which showcases firms and products related to photovoltaic power generation, according to the organiser. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E7321H1O01

Green skills for girls in a green economy

Christina Kwauk and Amanda Braga

Monday, October 23, 2017

(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1E7E16C900

Future Development Reads: Xi Jinping, China’s People’s Party, and the middle-income trap

Friday, October 20, 2017

Protesters chant slogans while demonstrating against last weekend's explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district in Mogadishu, Somalia October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC1A7515A8D0

Africa in the news: Terror attack in Somalia, election concerns in Kenya, and Rio Tinto’s fraud charge in Mozambique

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives to deliver remarks on Relationship with India for the Next Century at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC19E952AB00

International affairs experts reach consensus on how to restructure foreign aid

Friday, October 20, 2017

A woman counts Ethiopian birr notes, after selling a cabbage at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa November 14, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267960

Universal basic income pilots: Setting expectations right

Thursday, October 19, 2017

A Kenyan worker wears a dust mask as she works at the Hela intimates export processing zone (EPZ) limited factory in Athi River, near Nairobi, Kenya, July 27, 2017. Picture taken July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1C781F4880

Figures of the week: Workforce training and skills constraints in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, October 19, 2017

An Airbus A320neo aircraft and a Bombardier CSeries aircraft are pictured during a news conference to announce a partnership between Airbus and Bombardier on the C Series aircraft programme, in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau - RC18654BC520

Airbus, Boeing, and Bombardier: Making sense of the aircraft subsidy wars

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Flags of Greece, the European Union and the National Bank of Greece flutter on a balcony of Greece's National Bank in central Athens February 11, 2015. Greek shares fell while the country's bond yields rose on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers to discuss Athens' plans to reverse austerity measures agreed as part of its bailout. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EB2B1R6E01

Greece’s non-performing loans: A source of instability, a prime obstacle to a strong recovery

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Boys carry sacks of weeds through fields of rice on the outskirts of Richard Toll town June 3, 2008. Senegal wants to transform this baking hot valley into a rice bowl for Africa but farmers scrabbling in the dirt with hand-made hoes say the grand plan will take more than fine words from the president. Picture taken June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Normand Blouin (SENEGAL) - GM1E4641EU501

Reducing economic and environmental vulnerability to achieve food and nutrition security in Senegal

Ibrahima Hathie, Boubacar Seydi, Lamine Samaké, and Suwadu Sakho-Jimbira

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) addresses the media with Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at the close of the third round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo - RC1B784DEB60

The trade deficit is not destroying jobs, but tearing up NAFTA will

Tuesday, October 17, 2017