Global Economy and Development

--FILE--A male Chinese teacher gives a lesson to his students in a classroom at a junior high school in Shiziyuan town, Shenxian county, Liaocheng city, east China's Shandong province, 13 January 2015.Worried that a shortage of male teachers has produced a generation of timid, self-centred and effeminate boys, educators in China are working to reinforce traditional gender roles and values in the classroom. In Zhengzhou, a city on the southern bank of the Yellow River, schools have asked boys to sign petitions pledging to act like "real men". In Shanghai, principals are trying boys-only classes, with courses like martial arts, computer repair and physics. In Hangzhou, in eastern China, educators have started a summer camp called "West Point Boys", complete with taekwon-do classes and the motto: "We bring out the men in boys." Education officials across China are aggressively recruiting male teachers, as the domestic news media warns of a need to "salvage masculinity in schools".No Use China. No Use France.

How teacher expectations empower student learning

Niharika Gupta and Sameer Sampat

Thursday, July 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cranes and containers seen at APM Terminals at the gateway port in Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria July 30, 2019. Picture taken July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Washington Consensus reforms and lessons for economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa

Belinda Archibong, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Thursday, July 29, 2021

A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past a sign advertising UN's 'Sustainable development goals' in Ginza.The State of Emergency in Tokyo will last until end of June 2021. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How government donors engage with the Sustainable Development Goals

Thursday, July 29, 2021

A woman wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past a sign advertising UN's 'Sustainable development goals' in Ginza.The State of Emergency in Tokyo will last until end of June 2021. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Donor engagement with Agenda 2030: How government agencies encompass the Sustainable Development Goals

George Ingram and Helena Hlavaty

Thursday, July 29, 2021

container operation in port, Durban South Africa

US trade and investment in Africa

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Views of slums on the shores of mumbai, India against the backdrop of skyscrapers under construction

Slums, sprawl, and skyscrapers

Somik V. Lall, Mathilde Lebrand, and Hogeun Park

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A girl in a classroom in Tanzania smiles at the camera.

A structured learning approach to support scaling: Guidelines for how to do this in practice

Patrick Hannahan and Lydia Wilbard

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Tourists on game drive taking picture of elephants

The impact of COVID-19 on industries without smokestacks in Kenya: The case of horticulture, ICT, and tourism sectors

Eldah Onsomu, Boaz Munga, and Violet Nyabaro

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A worker holds roses while wearing protective equipment to help fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the packing line at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, July 20, 2020. Picture taken July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Industries without smokestacks in Africa: A Kenya case study

Boaz Munga, Eldah Onsomu, Nancy Laibuni, Humphrey Njogu, Adan Shibia, and Samantha Luseno

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria 1 January 2021, souvenir and ticket office for medieval castle new years day walk

What constrained firm investments in digital technologies during the pandemic?

Leonardo Iacovone, Natasha Kapil, Lukasz Marek Marc, Giovanna Marcolongo, Ilias Skamnelos, and Gallina A. Vincelette

Tuesday, July 27, 2021