Global Economy and Development

Johannesburgo, South Africa.- In photos taken on January 21, 2021, it shows the streets of Johannesburgo during the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus mutation, from South Africa, binds more easily to human cells and is 50% more transmissible than the original strain. This was stated by the leading South African epidemiologist, Salim Abdool Karim, citing the results of a recent study on the efficacy of potential vaccines against new variants of the virus.

From stimulus to debt: The case of South Africa

Haroon Bhorat and Gracelin Baskaran

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Lima, Lima / Peru - November 11 2016: Young Students with Uniform of Ramon Castilla School Attend Classes

Lessons for combating despair? Hope, aspirations, and the outcomes of young adults in Peru

Monday, February 1, 2021

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clovis Guy Siboniyo

Voting in a pandemic: Lessons for elections in Africa in 2021

Rushdi Nackerdien

Monday, February 1, 2021

Residents of the Praia Nova neighbourhood seek shelter from Tropical Cyclone Eloise, in Beira, Mozambique, January 23, 2021. Picture taken January 23, 2021. UNICEF/Franco/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Africa in the news: Kenya-Somali relations sour, Cyclone Eloise hits Mozambique, and tensions in and around Ethiopia escalate

Christina Golubski and Leo Holtz

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea

The Urban 20 (U-20): Pathways to maximizing its partnership with the G-20

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Thursday, January 28, 2021

RIMINI, ITALY, MARCH 16, 2016: people are passing through piazza martiri

How do small regions in Europe achieve growth?

Austin Kilroy and Roberto Ganau

Thursday, January 28, 2021

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Children wait in line to eat amid the coronavirus crisis in Cape Town, South Africa on April 30, 2020. Entrepreneurs and foundations have teamed up to feed children in the area. Approximately 300 children are fed daily since the onset of the coronavirus quarantine. (NO RESALE)

Invisible lives, missing voices: Putting women and girls at the center of post-COVID-19 recovery and reconstruction

Damaris Seleina Parsitau

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A diesel pump is pictured at a gas station in Lagos, Nigeria September 10, 2019. Picture taken September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Figures of the week: Carbon taxes can fuel green economic recovery and reduce income inequality

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The Urban Play Framework: An approach for understanding the play experience in cities

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

children play in a city

Moving forward together to build more playful cities: Introducing the Playful Learning Landscapes City Network

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Tuesday, January 26, 2021