Developing Economies

Reviving BIMSTEC and the Bay of Bengal Community

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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 - GF10000166735

Smart power: Investing in youth leadership and development

Witney Schneidman

Friday, August 17, 2018

A house stands within a paddy field in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, October 23, 2013. Voters in Madagascar's presidential election on Friday desperately hope for an end to a five-year political crisis that has scared off investors and severely damaged the economy, but there is little optimism they will get their wish. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (MADAGASCAR - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY) - GM1E9AO03RO01

Figure of the week: Financial inclusion in Madagascar

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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

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

The case against a US retreat from international development

Friday, August 10, 2018

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

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

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

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

Cadman Atta Mills

Wednesday, July 18, 2018