Global Economy and Development

A curriculum for our time

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Rediscovering the cosmopolitan moral purpose of education

Fernando Reimers

Thursday, August 3, 2017

An ancient education for modern democracy and global citizenship

George Papandreou and Jordan Shapiro

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Africa flags are blown in the wind as leaders arrive in Rwanda's capital, Kigali for the opening meeting for New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), February 13, 2004. African leaders are gathering for a two-day meeting to push forward a plan to monitor each other's performance on human rights, corruption and other issues, to counter the continent's reputation for bad governance. The African Union's 53 members agreed to set up the peer-review mechanism in 2002 but so far only 16 governments have agreed to be rated on criteria such as economic policy, commitment to democracy and business environment. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna REUTERS AN - RP4DRIGIQQAB

How much have development strategies changed in Africa since independence? It depends.

Kim Yi Dionne and Landry Signé

Friday, July 28, 2017

A truck drives past container boxes at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song - RTSYG5J

TPPs for success: Here is how India can use this gamechanger agreement

Harsha Vardhana Singh

Monday, July 17, 2017

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during the panel discussion "Launch Event Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative" on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Patrik STOLLARZ/Pool - RTX3AM2N

G-20’s tortured trade language a step backward for free markets

Joshua P. Meltzer

July 12, 2017

Workers construct the viewing stands ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSVA7V

The unhappiness of the US working class

July 10, 2017

A worker cleans near the front entrance of the Bank Indonesia's headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia January 14, 2016. Indonesia's central bank, comfortable that higher U.S. interest rates have not spurred big outflows, cut its interest rates for the first time in nearly a year to try to lift an economy growing at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. REUTERS/Garry Lotulung - RTX22CY3

The Asian financial crisis 20 years on: Lessons learnt and remaining challenges

July 02, 2017

Men use their cell phones as they stand in front of electronic board displaying share market prices during a trading session in the halls of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi, Pakistan ?June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RTS16OE0

The global economy in 2067

June 21, 2017

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS13BCB

Africa’s Race Against the Machines

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

June 16, 2017