Developing Economies

China's President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before a bilateral meeting ahead of the G20 Summit, in Ming Yuan Hall at Westlake Statehouse in Hangzhou, China September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2NYX5

2016: The year for leadership that wasn’t for the China G-20

Colin I. Bradford

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Afghan Sikh Jagtar Singh Laghmani, 50, accepts money from a customer at his traditional herb shop in Kabul, Afghanistan June 19, 2016.

Financial inclusion progress and possibilities in South Asia

Robin J. Lewis, John Villasenor, and Darrell M. West

Friday, September 2, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the start of the climate summit in Paris November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX1WG3S

Obama’s China and Asia policy: A solid double

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, August 29, 2016

Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo - RTSEYG1

What can be done to avert the impending constitutional crisis in the Congo?

Thursday, August 18, 2016

People queue to exchange new bank notes at a mobile bank services in Jakarta

Upcoming Brookings report highlights global financial inclusion developments

John Villasenor, Darrell M. West, and Robin J. Lewis

Thursday, July 28, 2016

A construction worker is seen near a machine on a site during a facility tour at the proposed Dangote oil refinery site near Akodo beach in the outskirt of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2I77I

The future of work in the developing world

Thursday, July 28, 2016