Global Economy and Development

Pupils leave the village school in Tsagaannuur, Khovsgol aimag, Mongolia, April 23, 2018. People who are between 35-40 years old, belong to the last generation that speak the Dukhan language, linguist Elisabetta Ragagnin said. Together with the head teacher of the school in Tsagaannuur, she is writing grammar and textbooks in the nomad's native tongue to help preserve traditional knowledge, she said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "REINDEER HERDERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC13671A99A0

Collaborative capacity building in 21st century skills assessment: Reflections from Mongolia

Esther Care, Alvin Vista, Helyn Kim, and Claire Scoular

Friday, October 19, 2018

Pupils play during breaktime at the Senator Obama primary school in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia later this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, his step-grandmother. The Kenyan village, burial place of Obama's father, features an open-pit goldmine, a pork butcher's, a school named after their most famous son and outdoor market stalls. Villagers get around by motorbike taxi or on foot while a donkey-cart transports water. Children, some of them named Obama in honour of the President, walk to and from school together. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaPICTURE 17 OF 35 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "KOGELO, KENYA - OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL HOME". SEARCH "ANCESTRAL MUKOYA" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000166803

3 insights on child survival

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, October 18, 2018

A policeman gestures during clashes in Kawangware slum in Nairobi, Kenya October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC13DC1D37A0

Congress understands the urgency of fragility

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Kurdish protesters hold flags during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi - RC116BE54E90

Unintended consequences? Foreign intervention, polarization, and conflict in MENA

Elena Ianchovichina and Suleiman Abu Bader

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

President Keïta and Brookings President John R. Allen discussed the nexus between security and development

A conversation with President Keïta on security and economic development in Mali and the Sahel region

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A man carries harvested maize stems on the Thrive Agric's farm in Jere, Kaduna, Nigeria October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19B80171A0

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Jasmin Baier and Kristofer Hamel

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Kids sitting on the floor

How do you scale spirit?

Chavi Jain, Moitshepi Matsheng, and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Assoumpata Uwamariya works on a beetroot farm in Rubavu district, Western province, Rwanda October 3, 2018. Pictures taken October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RC1C11560B50

World Food Day 2018: The elusive quest to end hunger

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem - RC185BF888D0

Africa in the news: South African finance minister steps down and Cameroon’s elections

Saturday, October 13, 2018

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim delivers a speech during a plenary session at International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo - RC19B03811C0

Systems thinking for multilaterals: New report on global financial governance

Amar Bhattacharya and Homi Kharas

Friday, October 12, 2018