Developing Economies

Opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks at a news conference outside the court after President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win was declared invalid in Nairobi, Kenya, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC185311A080

Africa in the news: Kenya election annulled, EU-Africa migration summit, and Nigerian oil leadership shakeup

Christina Golubski

Friday, September 1, 2017

People walk through the streets of a shopping area in Addis Ababa May 26, 2014. Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA5R05A501

Figure of the week: Urbanization, poverty, and social protection in East Africa

Moyombuya Ngubula

Friday, September 1, 2017

A woman works in a plantation of rubber seedlings in San Pedro March 9, 2012. The acrid smell of rubber is the smell of money, say the farmers of the Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, who are felling their aging cocoa trees to plant the hot new crop. Picture taken March 9, 2012. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES AGRICULTURE) - RTR2ZFWD

Figures of the Week: Employment and labor productivity in Côte d’Ivoire

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

QUALITY REPEAT: Rescue workers search for survivors after a mudslide in the Mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone, August 14, 2017. Pictures taken August 14, 2017. Sierra Leone Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE - RTS1BWIG

Africa in the news: Kenya’s opposition disputes election results, Namibia cuts interest rates, and Sierra Leone mourns mudslide victims

Friday, August 18, 2017

A worker walks past boxes of cooking oil at the Bidco factory in Thika, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi January 21, 2012. Bidco is based in Thika, a manufacturing town a half hour's drive from Nairobi, which made a name for itself in the 1970s because of its thriving textiles factories, bakeries and motor vehicle plants. In the early 2000s, though, it grew to symbolise Kenya's decline. Bidco survived the hard times. It exports 20 percent of its output to other African countries, with a value of $40 million a year, says Vimal Shah, who runs the company. Picture taken January 21, 2012. To match Insight AFRICA/SPENDERS-INFLATION REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) - RTR2WRCJ

Figure of the Week: Job growth in Kenya’s formal economy slows

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

A view of the Yaba district in Lagos June 25, 2015. At first glance, Yaba is like many other parts of Nigeria's sprawling commercial capital: a cacophony of car horns and shouting street vendors, mingling with exhaust fumes and the occasional stench of sewage. But in between the run-down buildings in this seemingly inauspicious part of Lagos, a city of around 21 million, tech start-ups are taking root and creating a buzz that is drawing international venture capitalists and more established digital firms. Picture taken June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX1M6LS

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, development hacks, and the power of digital record-keeping

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Kenyans queue to cast their vote during the presidential election outside a polling station in Gatundu, Kenya August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS1ATK9

Africa in the news: Elections in Rwanda and Kenya, AGOA Forum, and Ethiopia’s dropped state of emergency

Friday, August 11, 2017

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Kigali, Rwanda, August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RTS1AC62

Africa in the news: Election updates, China’s new Djibouti base, and Google CEO’s Nigeria visit

Friday, August 4, 2017

A general view of Nairobi, Kenya November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Noor Khamis/File Photo - RTX2C84J

Figure of the week: Connecting urbanization and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A general view shows the Gibe III hydroelectric dam during its inauguration in Shoma Yero village in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in Ethiopia, December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX2VFXL

Why developing countries get stuck with weak institutions and how foreign actors can help

Bradley Parks, Mark Buntaine, and Benjamin Buch

Wednesday, July 26, 2017