Global Economy and Development

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the technology will gain a foothold in the solar market even if it remains a small player for now. Picture taken February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RTX26ZK2

Links in the chain of sustainable finance: Accelerating private investments for the SDGs, including climate action

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, September 19, 2016

Students form a circle as they play during a celebration marking the end of the school year, at 'Syria, The Hope' school on the outskirts of the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria June 1, 2016. The school is partially occupied and it teaches students until fourth grade. The building that is heavily damaged was used by government forces as a base before the rebel fighters took control of the area. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi SEARCH "SYRIA SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2IHBH

Visualizing the breadth of skills movement across education systems

Esther Care, Kate Anderson, and Helyn Kim

Friday, September 16, 2016

People walk past a Chase Bank branch, now managed by Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), after its reopening in downtown Nairobi, Kenya April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTX2BUEP

De-risking, renminbi, internationalization, and regional integration

Amadou Sy and Tao Wang

Thursday, September 8, 2016

A rice mill worker holds up rice fallen onto the ground in Udon Thani, Thailand, September 16, 2015. The rural heartland of Thailand's deposed leader Yingluck Shinawatra and her exiled billionaire brother Thaksin is hurting as a result of the military government's economic policies, stirring discontent and the threat of protests. The removal of generous agricultural subsidies has left rice farmers in northeast Thailand struggling with mounting debts, and they will get little relief when they sell their crop in coming months with rice prices near an 8-year low. Picture taken September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RTS2I8I

Why and how might a new measure of development cooperation be helpful?

Homi Kharas and Andrew Rogerson

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Chalermpon Punnotok, CEO of CT Asia Robotics gives a hand to a robot during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand July 5, 2016. Picture taken July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RTX2L2XB

The productivity outlook: Pessimists versus optimists

Friday, August 26, 2016

Photo: Honda assembly line

The productivity slump—fact or fiction: The measurement debate

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Friday, August 26, 2016

Laborers work at a salt production site at the Sasyk-Sivash lake near the city of Yevpatoria, Crimea, September 25, 2015. The area has a long tradition of salt production, prepared from salt flats flooded with water from the Black Sea. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov - RTX1SHTI

The productivity slump: A summary of the evidence

Friday, August 26, 2016

Hundreds of commuters climb the stairs of a train station in Manila July 4, 2008. As inflation soars in the Philippines and gasoline prices climb relentlessly, more and more commuters in the capital are squeezing into suburban trains and public buses, putting an enormous strain on the services. Picture taken July 4, 2008. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) - RTX7RVE

Happiness, stress, and age: How the U-curve varies across people and places

Carol Graham and Julia Ruiz

Thursday, August 25, 2016

A worker steams a gloves in Pittards world class leather manufacturing company in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 22, 2016. Picture taken March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSDHG9

African Lions: Ethiopia—an agrarian economy in transition

Yared Seid, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, and Seid Nuru Ali

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

A general view shows a complete section of the Metro-line under construction in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa February 7, 2015. Chinese workers mingle with Ethiopians putting the finishing touches to a city metro line that cuts through Addis Ababa, one of a series of grand state infrastructure projects that Ethiopia hopes will help it mimic Asia's industrial rise. To match Insight ETHIOPIA-ECONOMY/. Picture taken February 7, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CITYSCAPE) - RTR4OO7H

Financing Africa’s infrastructure deficit: From development banking to long-term investing

Rabah Arezki and Amadou Sy

August 2016