Global Economy and Development

Girls walking toward school

Enrollment and participation trends in Israel’s universal child development account program

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Olga Kondratjeva, and Stephen Roll

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Smoke stacks of an oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas

Doing Business rankings that endanger good regulations

Monday, September 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Colonel Malick Diaw, one of the junta leaders of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), which overthrew Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,attends a meeting with representatives of political parties and civil society groups to discuss forming a transitional government in Bamako, Mali September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Moussa Kalapo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES./File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on politics in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, oil management, and COVID-19

Christina Golubski

Saturday, September 19, 2020

SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 08 July 2020 - Grade 11 pupils from J.G Zuma High School in Kwamashu, Durban queue early in the morning joining other pupils over 2 million from grade R, 6 and 11 pupils as they return to the classrooms after almost four months at home.Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Financing a comprehensive and equitable COVID-19 response

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Michael Kelleher

Friday, September 18, 2020

Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Pandemic highlights the vulnerability of migrant workers in the Middle East

Thursday, September 17, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 15 June 2020 - Zethembe Langa (owner, 34) with his assistant Dumani Jili (blue uniform) are young pig farmers just ouside Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his business this year 2020 and has a few butcheries as his clients. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) /RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Easy meat: The case of the pork industry in South Africa

Christopher Rooney

Thursday, September 17, 2020

A hairdresser uses her phone as she waits for clients at a makeshift saloon in Soweto, August 4, 2014. While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L'Oreal and Unilever. Hairdressers are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent's rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women. Picture taken August 4. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TELECOMS)

What types of interventions promote women’s entrepreneurship?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers queue outside a grocery store during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Soweto, South Africa, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Figure of the week: Challenges facing economic stimulus in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Mariatu Sesay, 15, smiles as she carries her daughter Nadia while she walks outside her house in the countryside village of Sierra Leone July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

The power of investing in girls in Sierra Leone

Youssouf Kiendrebeogo and Quentin Wodon

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Girl draws the Earth using chalk

Education’s role in building back better for the planet

Christina Kwauk

Tuesday, September 15, 2020