Global Economy and Development

Children listen to the explanations of teacher Angela Melad on how to wash their hands at the KiGa Hutten kindergarten during the first day back as Switzerland eases the lockdown measures during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Zurich, Switzerland May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

The case for more international cooperation in education

Christopher J. Thomas

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A banner hung by residents of the Meridian Heights apartment building calls for rent cancellation in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, U.S., May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Housing hardships reach unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Brinda Gupta, Yung Chun, Hedwig Lee, and Mathieu Despard

Monday, June 1, 2020

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Cleaning workers perform disinfection tasks in schools in Durban, South Africa on May 29, 2020. The South African government announced the reopening of the schools on June 1 after being closed for 3 months due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, DRC, and African Development Bank updates

Saturday, May 30, 2020

A trader wearing protective hand gloves counts Indian currency notes at a market during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kochi, India, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Fiscal policy for COVID-19 and beyond

Rabah Arezki and Shanta Devarajan

Friday, May 29, 2020

Seven year old Barack Obama, named after U.S. President Barack Obama distributes books to his classmates at the Senator Obama primary school in Nyangoma village in Kogelo west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia in July, his third major trip to Sub-Saharan Africa after travelling to Ghana in 2009 and to Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa in 2011. He has also visited Egypt, in North Africa, and South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral. Obama will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president's father is buried. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Learning in East Africa: Where are children advancing

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, and Baldwin Tong

Thursday, May 28, 2020

An employee closes coffee bags at the Central Kenya Coffee Mill near Nyeri, Kenya, March 15, 2018. Picture taken March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Industries without smokestacks: Constraints to growth

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Trucks queue as their drivers undergo health screening, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Namanga one stop border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Kenya, May 12, 2020. Picture taken May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Figures of the week: Regional integration in Africa

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

A vegetables seller waits for customers at Bara taxi rank, during a nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Soweto, South Africa, April 23,2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to shore up incomes for informal sector workers

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Schoolgirls eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 5, 2013. In an incident on July 16, 2013, twenty-five Indian children from a school in Mashrakh village in the district of Chapra died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, provided under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of blame. Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. ATTENTION EDITORS - Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. Picture taken July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: FOOD EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Education in the time of COVID-19: Reflections from the Charcha 2020 Forum

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A building and a sculpture are reflected on glass in a wealthy neighborhood, during a general quarantine imposed due to a surge of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Santiago, Chile May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Financing and debt management for emerging market economies

José Antonio Ocampo

Tuesday, May 26, 2020