Global Economy and Development

Woman selling vegetables

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Make progress on gender equality with more data transparency

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Lagos based entreprenuer Ogechi Egemonu opens the Twitter app on a smart phone at her office in Lagos, Nigeria June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Seun Sanni

Nigeria’s Twitter ban is a misplaced priority

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Set of cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin, Etherium, Ripple, Litecoin. Cryptocurrencys new digital money.

Why crypto matters

The Open Mind

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Girl learning in classroom

What if teaching mirrored how human brains learn?

Annelise Pesch, Elias Blinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

World map with people scattered across

Global governance after COVID-19: Survey report

Kemal Derviş and Sebastian Strauss

Monday, August 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar attends his swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

Africa in the news: Politics, security, and wildlife poaching updates

Chris Heitzig, Mary Blankenship, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Dakar, Senegal.- Africans work on cashew crops amid the coronavirus pandemic on September 23, 2020. The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina, said that Africa has lost a decade of economic growth due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. He also noted that the multilateral bank has launched programs to cope with the economic recession.

A case study comparison of industries without smokestacks in Senegal and Ghana

Friday, August 6, 2021

Tourists in safari jeeps watching and taking photos of big wild elephant crossing dirt roadi in Amboseli national park, Kenya.

Addressing youth unemployment in Africa through industries without smokestacks: A synthesis on prospects, constraints, and policies

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and John Page

Friday, August 6, 2021

Two women in India work on a computer together.

It takes a village: The role of mentorship in supporting India’s young women in the workforce

Arundhuti Gupta

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Paper currency F CFA (XOF) of the West African monetary union displayed in bills of 10,000 francs laid out in fan isolated on wooden background

CFA franc zone: Economic development and the post-COVID recovery

Thursday, August 5, 2021