Global Economy and Development

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

It’s easy to exaggerate the scope of the jobs problem in Africa. The real story is nuanced.

Monday, April 19, 2021

A woman casts her ballot at the pooling station during the presidential election in N'Djamena, Chad April 11, 2021. REUTERS/ Media Coulibaly NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in the news: Uganda oil pipeline, (fewer) locusts in East Africa, and political updates

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Two gas flaring furnaces and a woman walking on sand barriers are reflected in a pool of oil-smeared water at a flow station in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Figure of the week: COVID’s impacts on the Nigerian extractive sector

Friday, April 16, 2021

Syrian refugees walk near tents at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a crisis within a crisis

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Thursday, April 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Bazoum sits at his pollitical party headquarters in Niamey, September 14, 2013. The ruling party's candidate, Bazoum, will enter Sunday's presidential run-off vote as the favourite to succeed outgoing Mahamadou Issoufou REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on natural resources, and politics in Niger, Djibouti, Benin, and Chad

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Children sit cross-legged learning together in a classroom.

Building back better: The promise of the American Rescue Plan for education

Helen Shwe Hadani and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Friday, April 9, 2021

Women shop at Kourosh mall in western Tehran, Iran June 22, 2019. Picture taken June 22, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana News agency/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s middle class and the nuclear deal

Djavad Salehi Isfahani

Thursday, April 8, 2021

African business people holding a meeting

Figure of the week: Trends in mergers and acquisitions in Africa

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

A motorcyclist rides through a flooded road during the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland

Climate adaptation and the great reset for Africa

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Worker on forklift looking at camera

Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report

Tuesday, April 6, 2021