Global Economy and Development

A man casts his vote at a polling station during Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kyebi, Ghana December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Africa in the news: Elections in Ghana, US relations with Somalia and Morocco, and trade in East Africa

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Solar panels on the roof of a school in Guinea

Lessons from the proliferating mini-grid incentive programs in Africa

Jonathan Phillips, Benjamin Attia, and Victoria Plutshack

Friday, December 11, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 26 July 2020 - With the flea market closed, hawkers have taken to selling on the street to make ends meet. The women and men say that although they do not make as much money as they used to before what they do make is sufficientfor them to get by. Thembi Mbonambi of Maphephethweni. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency/RealTime images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Figure of the week: Sub-Saharan Africa shows resilience to the effects of COVID-19, according to high-frequency phone surveys

Friday, December 11, 2020

A mobile phone application shows movements of a John Deere 5503 tractor, installed with the Hello Tractor technology that connects farmers with vehicles' owners, in Umande village in Nanyuki, Kenya February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

What is the future of work in agri-food?

Luc Christiaensen, Zachariah Rutledge, and J. Edward Taylor

Friday, December 11, 2020

Teacher and child looking at a globe.

To raise ambition at the Climate Summit, let’s promote quality education—especially for girls

Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port during a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

How to reignite Africa’s growth and avoid the need for future debt jubilee

Rabah Arezki and Aitor Erce

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Immigration activists hold signs during a rally to protest against the Trump Administration's immigration policy, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

The road to fix America’s broken immigration system begins abroad

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Elderly woman with hands crossed

Happiness and aging in the US: Why it is different from other places and why it matters

David G. Blanchflower and Carol Graham

Monday, December 7, 2020

Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Africa in the news: COVID-19 vaccine, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso updates

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa -January 11 2020: An aerial view of a group of poor children in a slum of the madagascan city. Malagasy kids play with tires in the dirt, surrounded by hanging laundry

Over 1 billion people live in poverty hotspots

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020