Developing Economies

Medical students of Cuba's ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) leave classrooms of the campus on the outskirts of Havana March 11, 2010. Established in 1999 by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and operated by the Cuban government, the students enrolled in the ELAM are international students from outside Cuba and mainly come from Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Africa. The school also accepts students from the United States. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH POLITICS) - GM1E63C0F7M01

Will more education increase growth in Mexico?

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Cuban migrants walk after traveling en route from Costa Rica to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, before continuing their journey to the U.S., outside General Lucio Blanco International airport in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, January 17, 2016. Mexico on January 13, 2016 said it plans to grant 20-day transit visas to a group of 180 Cubans who were chosen from thousands stranded in Costa Rica to continue on their long journey toward the United States. The Cubans will have to leave Mexican territory after the permits expire, the National Migration Institute said, adding the visas were given for humanitarian reasons. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - GF20000098511

Can Latin American countries benefit from their large emigrant populations?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Traders work on the floor of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci - RC1A683C0FF0

How threatening are fiscal deficits in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Carlos Vegh and Guillermo Vuletin

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Demonstrators attend a march against the national pension system in Santiago, Chile September 3, 2017. The front banner reads "We have said enough". REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza - RC1B33624DC0

The troubled state of pension systems in Latin America

Augusto de la Torre and Heinz P. Rudolph

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A woman stands behind a machine that is part of a toothpaste manufacturing line at the Unilever factory in Lagos, Nigeria January 18, 2018. Picture taken January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC18940C2B90

Capturing Africa’s high returns

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Developing a technological innovation environment to promote economic development in Africa

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Demonstrators take part in a protest against national pension system in Valparaiso, Chile, March 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido - RC17F84CDFA0

The troubled state of pension systems in Latin America: Whither the reforms of the 1990s?

Augusto de la Torre and Heinz P. Rudolph

Monday, March 12, 2018

Children wait to be vaccinated against the most deadly forms of pneumonia at Amistad Mexico-Nicaragua Hospital in Ticauntepe town, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Managua, December 12, 2010. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) said Nicaragua is the first developing nation to begin vaccinating children with the pneumococcal shots, made by drugmakers Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, and another 18 countries will follow in the next few years. Pneumococcal disease, which can cause pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, kills more than half a million children every year and the vast majority of these deaths are in poorer countries where access to healthcare can be limited and very expensive. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas(NICARAGUA - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E6CD0OCO01

Are tough times ahead for countries graduating from foreign aid?

Gavin Yamey and Robert Hecht

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Workers walk near a cargo ship at the Beira port in Mozambique, February 15, 2013. Mozambique has named miner Rio Tinto as one of six preferred bidders for a new $3 billion railway and port development project to boost coal exports, the country's transport minister said on April 10, 2013. Picture taken February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Agnieszka Flak (MOZAMBIQUE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - GM1E94B0R0W01

Figure of the week: Africa’s new trading partners

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

People hold Georgian flags during a rally marking the second anniversary of Georgia's war conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the town of Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Tbilisi August 8, 2010. Georgian forces launched an assault on South Ossetia late on August 7, 2008 after days of clashes with separatists and years of escalating tension with Moscow, drawing a devastating Russian counter-strike that ended on August 12. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) - GM1E6881J6201

From reformer to performer: How Georgia can build upon its economic success

Mercy Tembon, Wolfgang Fengler, and Aurélien Kruse

Thursday, March 1, 2018