Global Economy and Development

A girl plays hopscotch as people line up to vote in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Marseille, France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DF78E8BB0

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne

Thursday, April 8, 2021

A worker sorts baobab fruit at the Bioessence factory, a cosmetic and nutrition company using baobab and shea products, in Dakar June 19, 2013. Bioessence exports many of its products to the United States. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: BUSINESS)

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A Senegal case study

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

Monday, April 5, 2021

Photo shows local workers are busy loading and unloading of import and export cargo at Lianyungang port container terminal in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, 8 March 2021.No Use China. No Use France.

April 2021 update to TIGER: The world economy stumbles toward a two-track recovery

Darren Chang, Aryan Khanna, and Eswar Prasad

Sunday, April 4, 2021

Two students learn how to garden.

Unleashing the creativity of teachers and students to combat climate change: An opportunity for global leadership

Christina Kwauk and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, March 26, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 30 2014: Raw Coffee Bean sorting and processing in a factory

Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and prospects

Louise Fox and Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, March 25, 2021

San Luis Obispo, USA - April 19, 2020: people enjoy a warm spring day in the old town of San Luis opisto at the main historic Monterey street.

The new ‘rural’? The implications of OMB’s proposal to redefine nonmetro America

Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Lima, Peru.- In the photos taken on November 20, 2020, it shows rural families, dedicated to different livestock activities in Lima, Peru. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the informal employment rate at the national level increased from 73% in the first quarter of this year to 75.2% in the third quarter, thus reaching the value highest in more than eight years. Today, almost eight out of ten jobs are informal.

Debt distress and development distress: Twin crises of 2021

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Crisscrossing highways

How federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari, Dhruv Gandhi, and Sebastian Strauss

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Members of the European Parliament hold placards for a campaign called "Rights for People, Rules for Corporations Ð Stop ISDS" as they take part in a voting session in Strasbourg, France, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Reforming the investment treaty regime

Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen and Geoffrey Gertz

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

First graders work with XO laptop computers at a public school in Montevideo October 13, 2009. The Uruguayan goverment has provided a low-cost XO to every public school child in the country under the "Plan CEIBAL" program. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY POLITICS EDUCATION)

How Uruguay implemented its computer science education program

Brian Fowler and Emiliana Vegas

Friday, March 12, 2021