Developing Economies

Residents walk through shacks in Cape Town's crime-ridden Khayelitsha township in this picture taken July 9, 2012. At least 11 people have died at the hands of vigilantes in the township since January as angry residents, tired of poor policing, take the law into their own hands. Picture taken July 9, 2012. To match Feature SAFRICA-CRIME/ REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: CRIME LAW) - GM1E87C1UFL01

Figures of the week: Diverging trends on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, September 28, 2017

A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

Productivity is key to economic growth: Why is it slowing down in advanced economies?

Monday, September 25, 2017

Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara (L) is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney - RC15F4B1A6F0

Africa in the news: UNGA updates, cocoa export challenges, and Kenya’s full Supreme Court ruling

Friday, September 22, 2017

Women work in Amingos fibre hair factory in Ikeja district in Lagos, December 1, 2011. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E7C203TF01

Figures of the week: Africa and the Global Human Capital Index

Friday, September 22, 2017

A boy receives polio vaccine drops by anti-polio vaccination workers along a street in Quetta, Pakistan January 2, 2017. REUTERS/ Naseer Ahmed - RC120DF331E0

Not your parents’ foreign aid: The shift from power to proximity and poverty

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1PAB01

Post-AGOA: Moving to a reciprocal US-Africa trade arrangement

Witney Schneidman and Moyombuya Ngubula

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Construction workers direct a crane at the Radisson hotel site in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, September 12, 2015. From Abidjan’s packed airport arrivals hall to the buildings mushrooming across the capital, Ivory Coast is booming, a rare African bright spot as the world’s biggest cocoa producer bounces back from a 2011 civil war. Buyers of luxury apartments include Ivorians living overseas, while promoters from Morocco, Turkey and China are attracted by tax breaks. Elections - the source of national unrest four years ago - are due in a month but there is no let-up in investment given expectations of an easy victory for incumbent Alassane Ouattara. The government predicts 9.6 percent growth this year, making the former French colony the standout performer on a continent hammered by a slump in commodity prices, capital outflows and tumbling currencies. REUTERS/Joe PenneyPICTURE 14 OF 33 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "IVORY COAST IS BOOMING". SEARCH "BOOMING PENNEY" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000219116

Figures of the week: China’s rebalancing and African growth

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Opposition supporters walk along the street during the protest calling for the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe in Lome, Togo, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer - RC19F77FC770

Africa in the news: South Africa and Nigeria exit recession, Kenya prepares for election re-run, and Togo and Cameroon protest

Friday, September 8, 2017

A general view shows Alexandra Township, an informal settlement for thousands of South Africans who lack the means to get a proper home, located near the upper-class suburb of Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa July 28, 2016. Picture taken July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1BETSJZFKAA

Spillover of Fed policy normalization to emerging market and developing economies: The case for optimism

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

A Greek flag is framed by marble pillars at the Attalos arcade in Athens February 26, 2015. Greece's economy is expected to grow this year but faces risks from the government's ability to fulfill a deal with the euro zone and reform fatigue, central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said in his annual report published on Thursday. The arcade was erected by Attalos II King of Pergamon 159-138 BC and the building was reconstructed by the American school of classical studies in Athens under the authority of the Greek Ministry of Education in the reign of King Paul in 1953-1956. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EB2Q1JBQ01

Over taxation at the heart of Greece’s non-recovery economy

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, September 6, 2017