Developing Economies

A boy fries cassava grains in a tray on a locally made firewood stove in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. Tensions are building in the swampland of the Niger Delta as an amnesty that aimed to bring stability to Nigeria's volatile southern region is due to expire at the end of the year. While the region's towns and cities are mostly calm, local residents say kidnappings and armed robberies are on the increase in the mangrove swamps, where most oil wells are located. Former military ruler and Muslim northerner President Muhammadu Buhari said in his inauguration speech in May that he might "streamline" the amnesty, implemented in 2009 by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian like most of the Delta population. The deal aimed to pacify militants fighting for a greater share of oil revenues in Africa's biggest crude producer. At risk are payouts worth $300 million a year to 30,000 youths, money designed to discourage them from blowing up pipelines or kidnapping oil workers in a region where basic services are almost non-existent. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye PICTURE 9 OF 24 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "TENSIONS IN THE NIGER DELTA". SEARCH " DELTA TENSION" FOR ALL IMAGES. - RTS4ECU

New finance for old (technology) problems? Saving the planet with better cook stoves

Lauren Masatsugu and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

Thursday, June 22, 2017

A group of tourists from the U.S. take a guided bicycle tour in Havana, Cuba June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini - RTS17I1H

The real economic impact of Trump’s sanctions on Cuba travel

William M. LeoGrande and Richard S. Newfarmer

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) President Jens Weidmann gives a keynote to the G20 Africa Partnership Investing in a Common Future Summit in Berlin, Germany June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt - RTS16TJU

Africa in the news: Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania present budgets, Germany hosts G-20 Africa conference, and Macron meets West African presidents

Friday, June 16, 2017

A resident of Port Royal walks in an empty street before the arrival of Hurricane Dean in Kingston, Jamacia August 19, 2007.Hurricane Dean bore down on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Sunday and threatened to pound Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a rare Category 5 storm. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (JAMAICA) - RTR1SWNT

Why human security is national security for Small Island Developing States

Monday, June 12, 2017

Farmers plant saplings in a rice field on the outskirts of Srinagar June 10, 2015. India's farm economy could contract this fiscal year for the first time in over a decade because of drought, threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to lift millions in the countryside out of poverty and bolster his party's support. Picture taken June 10. To match INDIA-ECONOMY/AGRICULTURE REUTERS/Danish Ismail

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Can a universal basic income meet universal basic needs?

Boban Varghese Paul

Monday, June 12, 2017

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Future Development Reads: A creative look at government failure, how location affects earnings, and defending behavioral and macroeconomics

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, June 9, 2017

Labourers work on a construction site in Johannesburg's upmarket Sandton suburb, February 5, 2016. In many of Africa's big cities, including Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and small pockets of Johannesburg, growth remains robust and investors are prospering in retail, technology, construction and healthcare sectors. Picture taken February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX26Y6F

Figures of the week: EY’s Attractiveness Program Africa — Connectivity Redefined

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

A woman holds her baby in the nutritional deficiency unit at the hospital in the town of Poua, Central African Republic, April 26, 2017. Picture taken April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS14CU4

A letter to Oxfam: Reframing the questions around private-sector health care

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Refugee schoolchildren receive their new books on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp al Wehdat in Amman

Concerned about the Paris Agreement? There’s still hope through girls’ education

Rebecca Winthrop and Christina Kwauk

Friday, June 2, 2017

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 - RTX3683X

How many countries could end extreme poverty tomorrow?

Thursday, June 1, 2017