Developing Economies

FILE PHOTO: Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila addresses a news conference at the State House in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe/File Photo - RC1158813D80

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: DRC elections, violence in eastern Ethiopia, and Mozambique refinancing

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Displaced Afghans load aid near the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan province May 5, 2014. Grief-stricken and desititute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes. Some 300 homes in Aab Bareek, a village in the Argo district of Badakhshan, a remote and mountainous northeastern province, were buried under up to 50 metres of earth and debris. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DISASTER) - GM1EA56055K01

Future Development

The case against a US retreat from international development

John R. Allen

Friday, August 10, 2018

Twin girls walk to their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala

Care Delivery Reform

How a development impact bond is helping improve girls’ education in Rajasthan

Shamika Ravi and Prerna Sharma

Friday, August 3, 2018

A customer is served at the teller counter inside the banking hall at Kenya's Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - S1AETMWQMVAB

Africa in focus

Giving credit to Africa’s financial markets and why we need to step up reform

Mark Napier

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Reports

Economic Development

Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

Rakesh Mohan and Partha Ray

Friday, June 22, 2018

HIV-positive farmer Eunice Chiyabi walks near a field of maize during a visit by a home-based care team in Chikonga village, close to the town of Chikuni in the south of Zambia February 21, 2015. The caregivers on the Jesuit-run home-based care team at Chikuni run a capacity building and empowerment project at household level, offering training and assistance in crop-growing and animal rearing, as well as offering companionship, pastoral care and monitoring antiretroviral treatment compliance of HIV-AIDS patients. Picture taken February 21, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (ZAMBIA - Tags: HEALTH AGRICULTURE DRUGS SOCIETY) - GM1EB2M1GPQ01

Developing Economies

Agriculture, aid, and economic growth in Africa

John McArthur and Jeffrey Sachs

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Global Economy

Global Metro Monitor 2018

Max Bouchet, Sifan Liu, Joseph Parilla, and Nader Kabbani

June, 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

Developing Economies

Rebalancing a lopsided global economy

Adam Triggs

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Developing Economies

Réévaluation des partenariats mondiaux de l’Afrique

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Friday, April 27, 2018

Blog Posts

Heavy machinery is seen at Frontier copper mine in Fungurume, southern Democratic Republic of Congo May 25, 2010. Production at First Quantum Minerals' Frontier copper mine in Congo continued round the clock on Wednesday, despite a court decision to revoke the Canadian miner's license. Picture taken May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Katrina Manson (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E65R079Q01

Future Development

7 surprising findings about resource-rich sub-Saharan Africa

Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Kenya Railways attendants prepare to receive 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 as it arrives at the Nairobi Terminus in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13462847E0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Trends and determinants in Chinese FDI in Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

A woman votes at a polling station in Kibi, eastern region of Ghana and stronghold of presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), December 7, 2012. Ghanaians choose on Friday who will run one of Africa's most stable democracies as a surge in oil revenues promises to boost development and economic growth. Ghana has earned a reputation as an oasis of stability and progress in West Africa, a part of the world better known for civil wars, coups, entrenched poverty and corruption. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (GHANA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1E8C71DSM01

Africa in focus

Politics, policy, and implementation: The ‘Ghanaian Paradox’

Cadman Atta Mills

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Venezuela

Is anyone addressing Venezuela’s refugee crises?

Fred Dews and Dany Bahar

Friday, April 27, 2018

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Regulating a Digital Economy: An Indian Perspective

Prerna Sharma

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Developing Economies

Africa in the news: DRC elections, violence in eastern Ethiopia, and Mozambique refinancing

The case against a US retreat from international development

How a development impact bond is helping improve girls’ education in Rajasthan

Giving credit to Africa’s financial markets and why we need to step up reform

Reports

Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

Agriculture, aid, and economic growth in Africa

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Rebalancing a lopsided global economy

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