Global Economy and Development

Venezuelans wait in line at the Simon Bolivar bridge to cross the border into Venezuela, near Villa del Rosario village, Colombia, August 25, 2015. The ongoing crisis on the border between Colombia and Venezuela should not be used for political point-scoring by leaders in either country ahead of elections in coming months, the Colombian government said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez - GF10000182466

Venezuela’s refugee crisis will exceed Syria’s; we must help

Monday, February 12, 2018

Customers queue to draw money from an ATM outside a branch of South Africa's Standard Bank in Cape Town, March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - S1BETGAWNSAA

Africa’s arrival

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

A broker reacts while trading at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA) - GM1E4A81KLK01

Fixing the financial system is key to high growth

Isha Agarwal and Eswar Prasad

Monday, January 29, 2018

Attendees take part at a reception event after the Crystal Award ceremony during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC1C50BC4970

The rich and powerful won’t let Trump ruin their Davos party

Douglas A. Rediker

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after the Congressional Republican Leadership retreat at Camp David, Maryland, U.S., January 6, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FB9AAC980

US vacuum in global governance opens space for others

Daniel Kaufmann and Vinod Thomas

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Supporters of religious and political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) burn the images of U.S. President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a protest against the U.S. decision of putting the leader of an anti-India militant group Syed Salahuddin on its list of global terrorists, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood - RC15E1464640

US, Pakistan must move beyond dangerous status quo

Monday, January 22, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding the Administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C., U.S. December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC18336ECC50

Battered in 2017, trade may face Trump’s full wrath in 2018

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, January 22, 2018

ASEAN leaders and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres pose during a family photo in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. From (L-R) are Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, UN's Guterres, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Philippines' Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Singapore's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Chee Wee Kiong, Brunei's Foreign Minister Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh. Picture taken November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC1E292DBD00

Myanmar economy grows despite refugee crisis

Thursday, January 18, 2018

A screen displays the the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC1C904B2020

The danger in today’s good economic news

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

European Council President Donald Tusk (4thL), U.S. President Donald Trump (C), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rdL) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) pose with African leaders after the family photo at the end of the expanded session at the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC165784CD60

The Trump administration and Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Tuesday, January 2, 2018