Developing Economies

The Avenue

Black Friday shopping season sheds light on self-checkout and the curse of ‘so-so technologies’

Molly Kinder

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

School children attend class at Waterstone College, a private school managed by Curro in the south of Johannesburg July 22, 2015. South African private education group Advtech rejected a takeover offer from its bigger rival Curro Holdings, saying on Tuesday the proposal contained "unacceptable pre-conditions". Advtech's shares fell more than 7 percent shortly after the announcement that it had rejected Curro's bid, but pared losses to close down 2.93 percent at 11.60 rand. The shares are up about 30 percent so far this year. Curro's stock shed 0.83 percent to close on 11.70 rand. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF10000166738

Education Plus Development

From Colombia to Cameroon: The gradual growth of impact bonds in developing countries

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, and Onyeka Nwabunnia

Thursday, November 21, 2019

People protest against increased gas price, on a highway in Tehran, Iran November 16, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC2BCD9LS6UN

Order from Chaos

Why Iranians are revolting again

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Kashmiri earthquake survivors carry valuables from the Kamsar camp some 10 km (6 miles) north of the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir January 23, 2006. The two-time refugees returned to the village to collect valuables, wood and metal roofs to build makeshift shelters in a new camp in Muzaffarabad. More than two million people have been living in tents or crude shelters patched together from ruined homes since the October 8, 2005 quake killed more than 73,000 people in northern Pakistan. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RP3DSFCZJEAE

Future Development

Changing the culture of economics: The 2019 Nobel laureates

Karla Hoff

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Reports

Anti-government protesters hold money to donate to protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban as he leads thousands of protesters in a march in central Bangkok January 19, 2014. Twenty-eight people were injured, seven of them seriously, in an explosion on Sunday at a camp of anti-government protesters in the center of the Thai capital, medical officials said. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA1J1C4C01

Report

Toward human-centered capitalism

Dennis J. Snower

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RC1DCEB91510

Global Economy

October 2019 update to TIGER: Sliding into synchronized stagnation

Eswar Prasad and Ethan Wu

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Report

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

An aerial photo shows one of a pair of tugboats escorting the Cap Jackson container ship, registered in Singapore, at Harbor Island at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Report

April 2019 update to TIGER: World economy lurches from uneven recovery to synchronized slowdown

Eswar Prasad

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Developing Economies

Africa’s consumer market potential

Landry Signé

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Blog Posts

Students laugh and share a joke outside their classroom at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan, May 14, 2015. In Sudan, which faces insurgences in the western region of Darfur and along its border with breakaway South Sudan, as well as double-digit inflation and high unemployment, life goes on for young people in the capital Khartoum. As well as studying, for those who can afford it, the urban young of Sudan play football and netball, swim and fish in the nearby River Nile, attend prayers at local mosques and enjoy concerts or family celebrations. Other entertainment includes watching U.K. football matches and films on TV, with Facebook being ever popular for chatting amongst friends. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahPICTURE 11 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "YOUTH OF TODAY IN SUDAN". SEARCH "YOUNG NURELDIN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000121814

Africa in focus

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Farm workers walk between rows of vegetables at a farm in Eikenhof, South Africa, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F0E641A0

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Opportunities for public finance in Africa

Payce Madden

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Africa in focus

A conversation with Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh on economic adjustment in fragile African states

Payce Madden

Monday, November 4, 2019

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Events

2019

Oct

Past Event

Recent trends in democracy and development in the emerging world

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Economic adjustment in conflict-affected and fragile states in Africa: Lessons from Somalia

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

A conversation with the Young African Leaders Initiative’s Mandela Washington Fellows

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Multimedia

Women work at a garment factory in Thai Binh province, Vietnam.

Economic Development

The story of Vietnam’s economic revolution

David Dollar and Madame Pham Chi Lan

Monday, September 30, 2019

Bank notes of different currencies, including Euro, U.S. Dollar, Turkish Lira or Brazilian Reais, are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, in this illustration picture taken May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration - RC11D104B550

Podcast Episode

The power of private investment for the developing world

Homi Kharas and Philippe Le Houérou

Friday, May 17, 2019

Podcast Episode

Financing Africa’s economic growth

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Lemma Senbet, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

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