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A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

Up Front

Productivity is key to economic growth: Why is it slowing down in advanced economies?

Monday, September 25, 2017

People walk at a market place at the shopping Mongkok district in Hong Kong, China, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RC12BCA04CB0

Future Development

Is economic growth in middle-income countries different from low-income countries?

Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park, and Kwanho Shin

Monday, September 25, 2017

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen shortly before sunset in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson - RTX36B6A

FixGov

What to expect when you’re expecting reconciliation bill (again)

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, September 25, 2017

Photo: Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series

The Avenue

Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports

Monday, September 25, 2017

A cyclist on the Fort Duquense Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP

Metropolitan Revolution

Why the Future Looks Like Pittsburgh

Bruce Katz and Scott Andes

Monday, September 25, 2017

Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara (L) is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney - RC15F4B1A6F0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: UNGA updates, cocoa export challenges, and Kenya’s full Supreme Court ruling

Friday, September 22, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd L), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd R), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R) and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1AD82E6200

FixGov

A GOP nightmare: Trump and Democrats cut a deal on taxes

Friday, September 22, 2017

Order from Chaos

Why Russia’s RT should register as an agent of a foreign government

Friday, September 22, 2017

Immigration activists and DACA recipients take part in a rally about the importance of passing a clean DREAM Act before delivering a million signatures to Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington

Brookings Now

The reality of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

Friday, September 22, 2017

Ballot papers are seen in a ballot box during the Kenya election in Gatundu in Kiambu county, Kenya August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC18FD07A0B0

Future Development

Measuring the ups and downs of governance

Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay

Friday, September 22, 2017

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Brookings Now

Charts of the week: America’s NAFTA trade, US foreign assistance, Pittsburgh’s university R&D investment

Chris McKenna and Fred Dews

Friday, September 22, 2017

Women work in Amingos fibre hair factory in Ikeja district in Lagos, December 1, 2011. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E7C203TF01

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Africa and the Global Human Capital Index

Friday, September 22, 2017

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The Avenue

Beyond “Amazon Idol” toward a real regional growth strategy

Mark Muro and Amy Liu

Friday, September 22, 2017

A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government arrives at the Nairobi Terminus on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13EFC12310

Future Development

Future Development Reads: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Friday, September 22, 2017

A still image showing the Kuroshio Current around the coast of south east Asia, Japan and China taken from Perpetual Ocean, a visualization of some of the world's surface ocean currents from June 2005 through December 2007, supplied in this handout photo by NASA March 27, 2012. The visualization was produced using NASA/JPL's computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECC02, a high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GM1E83S0SNG01

Order from Chaos

5 questions Donald Trump needs to answer before traveling to Asia

Friday, September 22, 2017