Emerging Markets

A man holds up his mobile phone showing a M-Pesa mobile money transaction page for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi December 31, 2014. Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms firm, is a model of how technology can be used to financially include millions of people with mobile telephones but without access to traditional infrastructure such as the banks that are available to the wealthy or those living in cities. Safaricom in 2007 pioneered its M-Pesa mobile money transfer technology, now used across Africa, Asia and Europe. It proved that money can be made from people who earn a few dollars a day. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - GM1EACV1IZY01

Future Development

The future of inclusive growth

Shanta Devarajan

Thursday, October 11, 2018

2018

Oct

Past Event

India Transformed: 25 years of economic reforms

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

Cinema-goers wearing 3D glasses watch a movie at a PVR Multiplex in Mumbai November 10, 2013. Multiplex operators like PVR Ltd, Inox Leisure, Reliance Mediaworks and Mexican chain Cinepolis are scrambling to set up theatres targeting the rapidly growing number of middle-class Indians willing to pay to watch Bollywood movies in more comfortable surroundings. The potential is huge, provided operators can find the right location in a country where prime urban real estate is costly and in short supply. Picture taken November 10, 2013. To match MULTIPLEX-INDIA/ REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E9BK0DED01

Future Development

A global tipping point: Half the world is now middle class or wealthier

Homi Kharas and Kristofer Hamel

Thursday, September 27, 2018

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hefei, Anhui province December 9, 2008. China's stock market dropped in heavy trade on Tuesday, led by property and financial shares, on worries that November economic data, to be released in coming days, would be poor. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - GF2E4C90PRF01

Global Economy

10 years after the financial crisis: Uneven progress and some structural disconnects

Karim Foda and Eswar Prasad

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Reports

Economic Development

Six steps for metro areas to prioritize global markets

Max Bouchet, Marek Gootman, and Joseph Parilla

September 5, 2018

A man rides a bicycle past containers at a port in Shanghai in this December 10, 2008 file picture. Seemingly effortlessly, China has amassed the world's biggest stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, is overtaking Germany as the biggest exporting nation and now has a car market bigger than America's. Picture taken December 10, 2008. To match Special Report DAVOS/CHINA-GROWTH REUTERS/Aly Song/Files (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E61K0PTG01

Emerging Markets

Product space analysis and industrial policy: Identifying potential products for India’s export expansion & diversification

Harsha Vardhana Singh, Ketan Gupta, Reena Sudan, and Ramandeep Singh

Friday, August 10, 2018

A currency dealer counts Moroccan dirhams in a photo illustration at a currency exchange in Casablanca, Morocco, June 29, 2017. Picture taken June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/Illustration - RC138B2B0ED0

Report

AGI Markets Monitor: July 2018 update

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

Friday, July 27, 2018

Report

April 2018 update to TIGER: The global recovery levels off as vulnerabilities rise

Karim Foda and Eswar Prasad

Sunday, April 15, 2018

People walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC169349E480

Report

October 2017 Update to TIGER: A synchronized but sluggish recovery

Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Blog Posts

Future Development

The mess and the ‘masala’ in middle-income debt markets

Chinmoy Kumar

Thursday, July 5, 2018

The buildings with the logos of three of South Africa's biggest banks, ABSA, Standard Bank and First National Bank (FNB) are seen against the city skyline in Cape Town, South Africa, August 30, 2017. Picture taken August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC199A8F64C0

Future Development

The distressing Debt Sustainability Framework of the IMF and World Bank

Brian Pinto

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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 - RC116416CF10

Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Events

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The future of inclusive growth

India Transformed: 25 years of economic reforms

A global tipping point: Half the world is now middle class or wealthier

10 years after the financial crisis: Uneven progress and some structural disconnects

Reports

Six steps for metro areas to prioritize global markets

Product space analysis and industrial policy: Identifying potential products for India’s export expansion & diversification

AGI Markets Monitor: July 2018 update

April 2018 update to TIGER: The global recovery levels off as vulnerabilities rise

October 2017 Update to TIGER: A synchronized but sluggish recovery

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IMF’s World Economic Outlook with Maurice Obstfeld

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