Developing Economies

A tank truck passes through Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Iraq, April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani - RTSDUTO

How to use oil revenues efficiently: Universal basic income

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Call center agents work overnight daily to cater to United States clients in Manila's Makati financial district February 6, 2012. The number of Filipinos who work graveyard shifts to answer calls on behalf of big multinational companies like Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase is now greater than India's 350,000, earning the Philippine's the title - Call Centre Capital of the World. By 2016, the Philippines wants to double the size of the local BPO market to $25 billion, employing 1.3 million workers from 640,000 at the end of 2011. But to be able to that the Southeast Asian nation must convince investors it has more to offer than a huge pool of english-speaking talent. Picture taken February 6, 2012. To match Analysis OUTSOURCING/PHILIPPINES REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR2Z2A4

Future Development Reads: Impact investing, impact sourcing, and international development

Friday, May 26, 2017

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina addresses the audience during the inauguration ceremony of the Annual General Meeting of AfDB bank in Gandhinagar, India May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTX3755Y

Figures of the week: Entrepreneurship and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Schoolgirls queue up to receive from authorities at government school in Mumbai

WATCH: What are the key ingredients to scaling quality learning?

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Molly Curtiss Wyss

Thursday, May 25, 2017

A group of 82 Chibok girls, who were held captive for three years by Islamist militants, wait to be released in exchange for several militant commanders, near Kumshe, Nigeria May 6, 2017. Picture taken May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Zanah Mustapha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS15P0T

Africa in the news: IMF releases Africa’s Regional Economic Outlook, 82 Chibok girls return home, and Zambian Hichilema faces treason charges

Christina Golubski

Friday, May 12, 2017

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS13B7A

Figure of the week: May Day and the future of labor in Africa

Thursday, May 4, 2017

A newborn baby pangolin climbs the walls of a cage during a news conference at Thai customs in Bangkok April 20, 2011. The Thai custom office showed 175 pangolins they found hidden in a truck heading into Bangkok early this morning. Pangolins, or Manis Javanica, listed as endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), are found in Southeast Asia. Some people believe that its meat and blood can enhance sexual virility. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) - RTR2LFBD

How illicit economies in Myanmar help sustain conflict and underpin peace

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 24, 2017

Migrants travel in a Libyan Navy boat to the coastal city of Tripoli, Libya, September 7, 2015, after being rescued by coast guards when their boat broke down. The migrants had been trying to reach Europe from Gharabouli, according to the coast guards, a unit of the Libyan naval forces. Libya has turned into a major transit route for migrants fleeing war and poverty. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny. - RTX1RIE3

Future Development Reads: Development and migration

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, April 14, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A U.S. Army Marines helicopter is loaded with goods from U.S.relief organization U.S. Aid to be deployed to survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan at Tacloban airport November 17, 2013. The Philippine and U.S. Air Forces are flying rice, clothes and drinking water into remote areas of the central Philippines, which are unreachable by vehicles. A massive relief effort is finally kicking into gear, nine days after one of the most powerful typhoons on record wreaked havoc across the impoverished area in the central Philippines with monster winds and a deadly storm surge of sea water. Philippine authorities and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - RTX15GU3

Myths about U.S. foreign aid

Friday, April 7, 2017