Developing Economies

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai

How to solve issue of rising non-performing assets in Indian public sector banks

Richa Roy, Krishnamurthy Subramanian, and Shamika Ravi

Thursday, March 1, 2018

People displaced by the recent unrest, collect food distributed by aid agencies at an IDP camp at the Mpoko international airport of Bangui February 12, 2014. The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people - more than a quarter of the population - are in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and African peacekeepers have been unable to stop. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA2D01YD01

Aid wars: U.S.-Soviet competition in India

Dhruva Jaishankar and Shruti Godbole

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Vendors sell vegetables in a market in Monrovia October 1, 2014. The threat of hunger is tracking Ebola across affected West African nations as the disease kills farmers and their families, drives workers from the fields and creates food shortages. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue (LIBERIA - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER FOOD) - GM1EAA309CA01

Figure of the week: Zeroing in on illicit flows in West Africa

Thursday, February 22, 2018

A delegate uses her cell phone to buy a M-Akiba bond during the launch of the first mobile-phone-based government bond at the Treasury building in Nairobi, Kenya March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1D99018470

Figures of the week: Digitization and financial inclusion in Kenya

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Indonesian youths fill up job application forms on laptops provided by the organizers at Kompas Karier Fair in Jakarta August 22, 2014. Employment levels rose for the second consecutive month in July, Although the pace of job creation was modest, it was the largest rise in workforce numbers since July 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA8M18G601

The future of economic convergence

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland

Future Development Reads: The truth machine and the pitfalls of the digital transformation

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, February 9, 2018

Afghan children walk out of a field as they carry cotton clumps on the outskirts of Jalalabad province

Development, self-interest, and the countries left behind

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

What will it take to move beyond GDP?

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST

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

Foresight Africa viewpoint – Elections in Africa in 2018: Lessons from Kenya’s 2017 electoral experiences

John Mukum Mbaku

Thursday, February 1, 2018

An atrium is seen at the World Bank headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1A8C4E8F00

The new global agenda and the future of the multilateral development bank system

Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, Mark Plant, and Annalisa Prizzon

Thursday, February 1, 2018