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People of the Turkish community living in Germany, supporting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, celebrate on Kurfuerstendamm boulevard after news bulletin on the outcome of Turkey's referendum on the constitution, in Berlin, Germany, April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - RTS12KD9

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Visualizing poverty, Turkey’s constitutional change, and economic policies in South Africa

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, April 21, 2017

A man smokes a cigarette along a road in Mumbai, India, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo - RTX2RRWU

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Is smoking more harmful than AIDS?

Wolfgang Fengler and Katharina Fenz

Monday, March 27, 2017

FILE PHOTO: A woman enjoys a walk along an avenue of trees at Prater recreation area on a rainy autumn day in Vienna, Austria, October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo - RTX30VHO

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Future Development Reads: Cities and the middle class

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, March 24, 2017

FILE PHOTO: A container area is seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the newly announced Shanghai Free Trade Zone, south of Shanghai September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo - RTS11VY3

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Angry voters have a point, but protectionism is not the answer

Rafael de Hoyos

Monday, March 20, 2017

A woman pushing her baby in a stroller shops in the Hongdae area of Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RTX2J5I6

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Future Development Reads: Hans Rosling, Kenneth Arrow, and Bill and Melinda Gates

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, February 24, 2017

A fleet of Uber's Ford Fusion self driving cars are shown during a demonstration of self-driving automotive technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk - RTSNO5Z

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Optimizing our lives: The ultimate frontier of the digital revolution

Wolfgang Fengler

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Babies are lined up on a mattress for a routine check-up at a maternity ward in a hospital in Manila July 11, 2010. July 11 marks World Population Day, which seeks to draw attention to global population issues, according to the United Nations Population Fund. From L-R: Baby girl Turibio born July 10, baby girl Amil born July 9, baby boy Villaluz born July 11, baby girl Herardo born July 8 and baby boy La Triaga born July 5. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ANNIVERSARY HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2GB19

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Future Development Reads: The war on baby girls winds down, using geo-spatial data for economic analysis, and why economists are like plumbers

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, January 27, 2017

Peruvian shamans perform a ritual of predictions for the new year at Pescadores beach in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - RTX2WVLF

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2017: A year for surprise (and optimism)

Shanta Devarajan, Wolfgang Fengler, Indermit Gill, and Homi Kharas

Monday, January 9, 2017

Bangladeshi workers unload sand from a ferry at the river Buriganga in Dhaka, Bangladesh December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RTX2VU5V

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Reviewing 2016: Future Development forecasts economics better than soccer

Shanta Devarajan, Wolfgang Fengler, and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The world's oldest living twin brothers, Paulus (L) and Pieter Langerock from Belgium, 102, toast with a glass of red wine at the Ter Venne retirement home in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium, July 4, 2016. The twins will celebrate their 103rd birthday on July 8, 2016. Picture taken July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2JSC9

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Birthday buddies: Personalizing demography to understand our own mortality

Wolfgang Fengler

Monday, December 19, 2016

Participants from government ministries and agencies take part in the Cyber Defense Exercise with Recurrence (CYDER) in Tokyo September 25, 2013. Civil servants from across Japan recently gathered at Japan's Interior Ministry for the first time to train to defend themselves against a cyber assault. Japan has no central agency tasked with defending the nation in cyberspace, and technicians from Japan's key ministries have been brought in to test their skills. Officials say the threat from hackers is rising, and upping Japan's game is increasingly urgent. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - RTR3FFDG

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The democratization of data

Wolfgang Fengler

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

A Chinese flag marking a railway linked to China is seen in front of a train at the Khorgos border crossing point, east of the country's biggest city and commercial hub Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2015. Kazakhstan wants to establish itself as a major trading hub between China and Europe and get a share of a $600 billion market, but it will have to end tough, often time-wasting, regulations that hurt its reputation as a cross-border trading partner. Picture taken October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov - RTX1TB7X

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How the middle of nowhere could become a major trade corridor

Lisa Kaestner and Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, September 23, 2016

CUSE News Archive

Board of Trustees

A British flag flutters in the air next to the flags of other European countries at Parque Europa (Europe Park) in Torrejon de Ardoz, outside Madrid, Spain, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Order from Chaos

It’s not Europe. It’s national democracy that’s dysfunctional.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016