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Farmers transport teff from their farm in the town of Woliso, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "ETHIOPIA OROMOS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FD5352200

Fragile states and the search for ‘what works’

George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis

Thursday, November 8, 2018

An Afghan vendor leads a herd of bulls at a livestock market in Kabul

From fragility to resilience: Recommendations for strengthening USAID’s ‘self-reliance’ approach

George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis

Friday, August 17, 2018

Children fetch water from a borehole point at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC188C1E6B60

The start of a new poverty narrative

Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, and Martin Hofer

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

SDG 7 picture

Who is talking about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

John McArthur and Christine Zhang

Thursday, June 14, 2018

An Algerian staff at a production plant works in Ain Kebira, 300 km (186 miles) east of Algiers, March 28, 2009. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the overwhelming favourite to win elections on April 9, has pledged $150 billion to modernise the economy, build 1 million homes and address mass unemployment which stands officially at 12 percent but rises to 70 percent among the young. Yet critics say many of the projects are behind schedule and failing to create the millions of jobs needed to restore hope to the population of Africa's second-biggest country. Photo taken March 28, 2009. To match feature ALGERIA-INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E5470LIW01

A leap in gender equality begins with better data

George Ingram and Nora O’Connell

Friday, May 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Latvia's President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid and Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - HP1EE431G7VG0

Why do Trump’s announced trade policies keep coming up empty?

Thursday, April 26, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump confer s Argentinia's President Mauricio Macri walks past them at the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/John MacDougall/Pool - RC18A478F480

Could President Trump be the savior of Europe?

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Elephant walk during sunset in Amboseli National park, Kenya August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - S1BETXRBWFAE

New insights into the distribution of world income

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 9, 2018

Workers check the finish on soccer balls before packing them for sale at a factory in Sialkot February 9, 2011. Pakistan's eastern city of Sialkot has been a major source of sports goods for international sports events for decades. Recent exports of sports goods have fallen to an average $290 million from $343 million over the past four years because of decline in Pakistan's share in international markets, according to Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics. Picture taken on February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS SPORT SOCCER) - GM1E73L1K5G01

The middle productivity trap: Why are less productive firms systematically lagging behind?

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

An elephant walks in Amboseli National Park in front of Kilimanjaro Mountain, Kenya, March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DB6795A50

What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 2, 2018