Global Economy and Development

Give me your tired, your poor…and they will create jobs for us

Thursday, December 28, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a working lunch with African leaders during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1F1587BB50

A sound Trump policy on Africa could protect US interests

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

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Fight opioids with lessons learned from Ebola, HIV crises

Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A man looks at a video display showing Japanese stock prices in Tokyo October 8, 2008. The Nikkei average fell 7.3 percent to a 5-year low on Wednesday as fears about a global recession intensified with Toyota Motor Corp diving on reports it may miss its profit estimates, while a firmer yen added to the pain. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN) - GM1E4A8132O01

Is another debt crisis on the way?

Monday, December 18, 2017

Workers of Finnish-owned pulp mill Botnia work in the construction of a paper mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, as the bridge that links Uruguay and Argentina is seen in the background, January 30, 2006. Widespread opposition to a planned $1.7 billion project of the construction of two European-own pulp mills in Uruguay along the Uruguay River has led to months of protests by environmentalists and ordinary Argentines who worry the plants will contaminate the region's farmlands, damage wildlife and choke off tourism. REUTERS/Andres Stapff - RP3DSFDPTIAB

Towards the Argentine presidency of the G-20: What macro-financial challenges does the region face and what are the implications for the debate?

The Latin American Committee on Macroeconomic and Financial Issues (CLAAF)

Friday, December 15, 2017

A trader points to a stock chart on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell in New York July 2, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA730CVB01

Evidence-based policy mistakes

Saturday, December 2, 2017

A woman enters a giant tent, set by U.S. groups opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump, on the sidelines of U.N. climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Alister Doyle - RC1959CA1350

We are [not] still in: Can the world ever trust US again on climate?

Timmons Roberts

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Opposition supporters build a barricade as they hold a Venezuelan national flag during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC1F513D6400

Bondholders must step up for suffering Venezuelans

Friday, November 17, 2017

A Union Jack flag is lowered at half-mast in honor of the victims of the Manchester attack, outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC1B9BF51AF0

Democracy beyond the nation-state

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Employees work on the assembly line at the Renault plant in Sao Jose dos Pinhais August 2, 2012. President of the Brazilian branch for French automaker Renault SA Olivier Murguet said on Thursday that Renault SA plans to expand the capacity of its Brazilian motor plant by 25 percent by 2013 as part of a sales offensive in Latin America's largest economy. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer (BRAZIL - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - GM1E8830G9Y01

What’s behind Latin America’s jobless recovery?

Wednesday, November 1, 2017