Global Economy and Development

A general view of Mumbai's central financial district, India June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - RC1A105EC5D0

An Economic Strategy for India

Friday, December 14, 2018

Container boxes are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China September 24, 2016. Picture taken September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo - RTSS0CU

The impact of artificial intelligence on international trade

Joshua P. Meltzer

Thursday, December 13, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING PUNCTUATION Displaced Iraqi residents carry biscuits and bottles of water as they walk past other residents waiting for the food distribution of an aid organization during the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebration in West Mosul, Iraq June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19775F43A0

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Africa’s consumer market potential

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Youths play soccer in the rain at the Ndako ya Biso (Our House) refugee centre for street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, February 5, 2016. Picture taken February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Ross - GF10000339369

“Poverty” in Development co-operation report 2018: Joining forces to leave no one behind

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

Africa’s tourism potential

Monday, December 3, 2018

A former rebel (R), who now owns a clothing factory, oversees a worker in his workshop in Bogota in this photo taken on February 3, 2015. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is currently in peace talks with the government to end 51 years of war, face a complicated path to employment and a life away from crime as they try to reintegrate into society. Demobilized rebels are popular recruits for crime gangs and will have to overcome prejudices to become economically independent after they graduate from government reinsertion programs. Picture taken on February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez - GF10000135974

Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market

Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, and Cindy Huang

Monday, December 3, 2018

An investor sits in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province January 4, 2012. China shares started the new year weaker on Wednesday, dragged down by more cyclical sectors after the Chinese premier warned of difficult economic conditions in the first quarter, hinting there will not be another massive fiscal stimulus programme. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E81418CH01

The economic and political case for coordinating fiscal stimulus

Monday, November 26, 2018

G-20 finance ministers and central banks governors pose for a family photo during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1BD2582DA0

Can coordination in the G-20 help countries to reduce debt and deficits?

Monday, November 26, 2018

Alina Peter, AP-Ops Room Coordinator at the Singita Grumeti Fund watches screens displaying information coming from EarthRanger, a real-time conservation data visualisation and analysis software in the operations room at the Singita Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, October 7, 2018. Picture taken October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1E4F1F3070

Using big data and artificial intelligence to accelerate global development

Jennifer L. Cohen and Homi Kharas

Thursday, November 15, 2018