Global Working Papers

Workers are seen as the first consignment of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) medical equipment towards the fight against Ebola is offloaded at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, August 24, 2014. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a decision by many transport companies to suspend services to Ebola-hit countries was leading to shortages of basic goods and foodstuffs. The USAID airlifted more than 16 tons of medical equipment and emergency supplies to the Liberian capital Monrovia on Sunday. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue (LIBERIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY HEALTH TRANSPORT) - GM1EA8P19PE01

A US multilateral aid review

Anthony F. Pipa, Brina Seidel, and Caroline Conroy

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING PUNCTUATION Displaced Iraqi residents carry biscuits and bottles of water as they walk past other residents waiting for the food distribution of an aid organization during the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebration in West Mosul, Iraq June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19775F43A0

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

An investor sits in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province January 4, 2012. China shares started the new year weaker on Wednesday, dragged down by more cyclical sectors after the Chinese premier warned of difficult economic conditions in the first quarter, hinting there will not be another massive fiscal stimulus programme. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E81418CH01

The economic and political case for coordinating fiscal stimulus

Monday, November 26, 2018

G-20 finance ministers and central banks governors pose for a family photo during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1BD2582DA0

Can coordination in the G-20 help countries to reduce debt and deficits?

Monday, November 26, 2018

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago speaks at IMFC joint press conference with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1983EAB0E0

How should official development assistance be allocated across countries?

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Friday, September 14, 2018

A woman draws water from a well in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Caren Firouz - GF10000043990

How many people will the world leave behind?

Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Krista Rasmussen

Friday, September 14, 2018

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating wind turbines are seen at a wind park near Greneville-en-Beauce, France, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo - RC170168A5E0

Blending climate funds to finance low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Pedestrians are reflected in a screen displaying stock market data in downtown Tokyo May 7, 2010. Asian stocks were hammered on Friday as mounting fears over Europe's debt crisis sparked a global market rout that sent safe-haven assets soaring and clobbered sterling. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN - Tags: EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) - GM1E65716PD01

Rebalancing a lopsided global economy

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Samsung's new Samsung Pay mobile wallet system is demonstrated at its Australian launch in Sydney, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Matt Siegel - S1AETLGSQJAA

Digital Australia: An economic and trade agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Anita Monk and her neighbour John Everett dance during a Christmas Dinner event for older people at Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall in London, Britain December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs - RC18585124A0

Longer, more optimistic lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States

Kelsey J. O’Connor and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

A man watches a board showing the graphs of stock prices at a brokerage office in Beijing, China, July 6, 2015. Chinese stocks rose on Monday after Beijing unleashed an unprecedented series of support measures over the weekend to stave off the prospect of a full-blown crash that was threatening to destabilise the world's second-biggest economy. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - GF10000150006

The dangerous inadequacies of the world’s crisis-response mechanisms

Friday, May 4, 2018

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during the panel discussion "Launch Event Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative" on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Patrik STOLLARZ/Pool - RC1493FA8850

Do global forums influence domestic macroeconomic policies anymore?

Friday, April 20, 2018

People demonstrate a high security digital unit built by Motion Pay, that allows customers to pay in Chinese yuan renminbi using Chinese online money payment services "WeChat Pay", and "Alipay" using a QR code, where payments get converted to Canadian dollars at point of sales locations in Canadian stores and businesses, in Toronto, Canada, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch - RC1DC4BFBF40

Regulating for a digital economy: Understanding the importance of cross-border data flows in Asia

Joshua P. Meltzer and Peter Lovelock

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Demonstrators take part in a protest against national pension system in Valparaiso, Chile, March 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido - RC17F84CDFA0

The troubled state of pension systems in Latin America: Whither the reforms of the 1990s?

Augusto de la Torre and Heinz P. Rudolph

Monday, March 12, 2018

A boy carries on his head a pile of dried shrubs he gathered to use for cooking and heating in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail - GF10000201696

Leave no country behind

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Tuesday, February 6, 2018