Global Economy and Development

A person receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, during mass vaccine inside of Hermanos Lopez Rayon sports center, a designated priority vaccination center for elderly over 60 years in the Uruapan town. On March 10, 2021 in Michoacan, Mexico (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pandemic preparedness and response: Beyond the WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator

Kaushik Basu, Lawrence Gostin, and Nicole Hassoun

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during the vaccination campaign at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, Ghana March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Figure of the Week: COVID-19’s impact on debt risks in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about jobs and the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

The importance of USMCA for the Biden administration’s economic and foreign policy

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks while other leaders listen during a working lunch at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, June 28, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

Strengthening the G-20 in an era of great power geopolitical competition

Colin I. Bradford

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Nigerian naira notes are seen in this picture illustration March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration/File Photo

The African Continental Free Trade Area and exchange rate misalignments

Francisco G. Carneiro and Ferdinand Owoundi

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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What’s behind the globalization of R&D?

Britta Glennon and David Dollar

Monday, April 26, 2021

File photo - Chad, Ennedi, Amdjarass, arrival of President Idriss Deby with his wife in his native village and official welcome at the airport. Chads President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: President Déby of Chad dies; Kenya, DRC sign trade and security deals; and Cape Town survives massive fire

Tamara White, Leo Holtz, and Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 24, 2021

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Reimagining rural policy with Tony Pipa and Janet Topolsky

Anthony F. Pipa

Rural Matters

Friday, April 23, 2021

Opposition supporters celebrate after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner, in Lilongwe, Malawi, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara

Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa

Rebecca Rattner and Bjorn Whitmore

Friday, April 23, 2021

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Brookings experts comment on Biden’s climate summit

Samantha Gross, Nathan Hultman, Amar Bhattacharya, and Sanjay Patnaik

Friday, April 23, 2021