Global Economy and Development

Children learn at a daycare.

What are the barriers to cost data on education and early childhood development?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sarah Osborne

Thursday, March 18, 2021

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the legislative election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Macline Hien

Entrenching democracy in African countries: Policy imperatives for leaders in 2021

John Mukum Mbaku

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Mekele, Ethiopia - Nov 2018: Truck full of camels to be transported on the road in Ethiopian countryside

Figures of the week: Africa’s spatial distribution of road infrastructure

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Gaziantep,Turkey - November 16, 2018 : Historical street view in Gaziantep City of Turkey

Doubling down on city competitiveness for COVID-19 recovery

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Megha Mukim

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A worker sews up cocoa bags to load them into a truck bound for the port of San Pedro, at a cocoa cooperative in Duekoue, Ivory Coast November 26, 2020. Picture taken November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Ange Aboa/File Photo

Priorities for supporting trade under a build-back-better agenda

Admassu Tadesse

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Zimbabweans queue outside a Western Union branch in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Keep remittances flowing to Africa

Monday, March 15, 2021

Somali pirates captured by French forces in the Gulf of Aden are paraded at the northern port town of Bosasso, November 18, 2009. French navy handed over 12 pirates captured in the Indian Ocean to the authorities in the semi-autonomous northern Somali region of Puntland, its deputy police commander Mohamed Said Jaqanaf told Reuters. REUTERS/Abdiqani Hassan (SOMALIA CONFLICT SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

Why pirates attack: Geospatial evidence

Raj M. Desai and George E. Shambaugh

Monday, March 15, 2021

A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah January 30, 2015. Health officials botched more than 20 Ebola blood tests in January and February which led to the release of at least four positive patients, two of whom later died, Guinea's anti-Ebola coordinator and other health officials told Reuters. Picture taken January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (GUINEA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)

Africa in the News: Risk of Ebola outbreak grows, South African economy rebounds, and politics update

Chris Heitzig and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 13, 2021

26th September 2018, Dublin. United Nations Sustainable Development 17 Global Goals banner displayed across Dublin's Rosie Hackett Bridge over the River Liffey.

A new approach to problem-solving across the Sustainable Development Goals

Alexandra Bracken, John McArthur, and Jacob Taylor

Friday, March 12, 2021

Students at Hiland Park Elementary School sit on dots in their physical education class that keep them six feet apart Tuesday, February 23, 2021.001 022321 Quarantining Changes

Coronavirus and schools: Reflections on education one year into the pandemic

Daphna Bassok, Lauren Bauer, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Helen Shwe Hadani, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Brad Olsen, Richard V. Reeves, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Friday, March 12, 2021