Global Economy and Development

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks while other leaders listen during a working lunch at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, June 28, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

Strengthening the G-20 in an era of great power geopolitical competition

Colin I. Bradford

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Nigerian naira notes are seen in this picture illustration March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration/File Photo

The African Continental Free Trade Area and exchange rate misalignments

Francisco G. Carneiro and Ferdinand Owoundi

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

File photo - Chad, Ennedi, Amdjarass, arrival of President Idriss Deby with his wife in his native village and official welcome at the airport. Chads President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: President Déby of Chad dies; Kenya, DRC sign trade and security deals; and Cape Town survives massive fire

Tamara White, Leo Holtz, and Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Opposition supporters celebrate after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner, in Lilongwe, Malawi, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara

Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa

Rebecca Rattner and Bjorn Whitmore

Friday, April 23, 2021

Chinese bank notes rolled around plants

How China’s savings could help save the planet

Martin Raiser and Sebastian Eckardt

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Children in Tanzania read a book.

How do government decisionmakers identify and adopt innovations for scale?

Brad Olsen, Patrick Hannahan, and Gustavo Arcia

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Globe focused on Africa

Figures of the week: Venture capital trends in Africa

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Saudi women work at a dates packaging factory in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, September 10, 2020. Picture taken September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

The spectacular surge of the Saudi female labor force

Sofia Gomez Tamayo, Johannes Koettl, and Nayib Rivera

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Lagos, Nigeria.-In the photos, it shows the streets of Lagos during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Poverty and fragility: Where will the poor live in 2030?

Jasmin Baier, Marina Buch Kristensen, and Søren Davidsen

Monday, April 19, 2021

A relative of one of the missing school girls reacts in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Student kidnappings threaten collapse of Nigerian education system

Adedeji Adeniran and Marco Castradori

Monday, April 19, 2021