Global Economy and Development

Are technology and globalization destined to drive up inequality?

Kemal Derviş and Laurence Chandy

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

11 Global Debates

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

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Is globalization’s second wave about to break?

Laurence Chandy and Brina Seidel

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

A man looks at his mobile phone as he waits for a subway at a station at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2016. Confidence at Japanese manufacturers remained largely subdued in February and the mood was seen deteriorating over the coming three months, a Reuters poll showed, highlighting concerns about slowing global growth and turbulent markets. REUTERS/Yuya Shino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX27MIX

October 2016 Update to TIGER: Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery

Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda

Sunday, October 2, 2016

A farmer holds up dried corn kernels, donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) food reserves, during a distribution of food aid to families affected by the drought in the village of Orocuina, August 28, 2014. A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the United Nations WFP said on Friday, though the region's coffee crop has been largely unscathed. The drought, which is also affecting South America, has been particularly hard on the so-called "dry corridor" of Central America, which includes southern Guatemala, northern Honduras and western El Salvador. "The drought has killed us. We lost all our corn and beans," said Olman Funez, a 22-year-old farmer who lives in Orocuina, a rural town in southern Honduras. Picture taken August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera (HONDURAS - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT FOOD SOCIETY) - RTR44AR1

Ending rural hunger

Homi Kharas, John McArthur, Geoffrey Gertz, and Lorenz Noe

October 2016

Samsung's new Samsung Pay mobile wallet system is demonstrated at its Australian launch in Sydney, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Matt Siegel - S1AETLGRVQAA

Finance, productivity, and distribution

Thomas Philippon

Saturday, October 1, 2016

A U.S. Marine stands on top of boxes containing tent material from U.S. relief organisation USAid, as he and Philippine soldiers prepare the load to be deployed by airlift by U.S. military to victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at Manila airport November 13, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials had feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - RTX15B2X

How the U.S. can better harness the private sector for development: Advice for the next President

Thursday, September 29, 2016

A Philippine army soldier counts boxes containing tent material from U.S. relief organisation USAID, as he prepares the load to be deployed by airlift by the U.S. Air Force to victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at a Manila airport November 13, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials had feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. REUTERS/Wolfgang Ratay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - RTX15B3E

Making U.S. development fit for the 21st century

Thursday, September 29, 2016

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Unhappiness in America: Desperation in white towns, resilience and diversity in the cities

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Thursday, September 29, 2016

General view shows wind turbines on a slope above fields in Lezignan-Corbieres, France, April 23, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau - RTX2BDA8

Financing low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure: The role of climate finance and green financial systems

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, September 19, 2016