Business & Industry

Multiple homes with solar panels are shown in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S.

How states and localities can limit the fallout of Trump’s withdrawal from Paris

David M. Hart, Chad A. Smith, and Mark Muro

Friday, June 2, 2017

Train pulling out of station by Mike Wilson Unsplash

Why does the US need energy innovation?

Mark Muro and Devashree Saha

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Call center agents work overnight daily to cater to United States clients in Manila's Makati financial district February 6, 2012. The number of Filipinos who work graveyard shifts to answer calls on behalf of big multinational companies like Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase is now greater than India's 350,000, earning the Philippine's the title - Call Centre Capital of the World. By 2016, the Philippines wants to double the size of the local BPO market to $25 billion, employing 1.3 million workers from 640,000 at the end of 2011. But to be able to that the Southeast Asian nation must convince investors it has more to offer than a huge pool of english-speaking talent. Picture taken February 6, 2012. To match Analysis OUTSOURCING/PHILIPPINES REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR2Z2A4

Future Development Reads: Impact investing, impact sourcing, and international development

Friday, May 26, 2017

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina addresses the audience during the inauguration ceremony of the Annual General Meeting of AfDB bank in Gandhinagar, India May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTX3755Y

Figures of the week: Entrepreneurship and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, May 25, 2017

A man exchanging damaged Indian currency counts 100 rupee notes along a roadside in Kolkata August 30, 2013. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo - RTSKYKR

Can Asia reach high-income?

Donghyun Park, Abdul Abiad, Gemma Estrada, Xuehui Han, and Shu Tian

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Amazon employees sort packages

Technology adoption powers shift in retail landscape

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s forex market, Tanzania’s falsely credentialed civil servants, and WEF Africa news

Christina Golubski

Friday, May 5, 2017

Patenting invention: Five clean energy innovation trends Congress should know about as it weighs Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget

Mark Muro and Devashree Saha

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

pharmaceutical lab

Forum on health governance capacity sees bigger role for private R&D investment

Darrell M. West, John Villasenor, and Jake Schneider

Friday, April 14, 2017

A city worker walks through the City of London, Britain in this December 16, 2014 file photo. A cap on banker bonuses in the European Union has not undermined financial stability or made it harder for lenders to control costs, the bloc's banking watchdog said on March 30, 2016 in a rebuttal of UK arguments against the pay curb. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files - RTSCTKX

WATCH: The role of the private sector in global sustainable development

Wednesday, April 12, 2017