Global Development

Factory officials take samples of cocoa beans at a cocoa processing factory in Ile-Oluji village in Ondo state, southwest Nigeria March 29, 2016. Picture taken March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - GF10000374278

Report

Leveraging the employment potential of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Zaki El-Dine, 24, a brick-maker, pours water from the Nile river onto a patch of mud to make bricks on Tuti Island, Khartoum, Sudan, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA NILE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Africa in Focus

The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

John Mukum Mbaku

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Africa in Focus

A social distancing reading list from the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative

Louise Fox, Lemma Senbet, Landry Signé, Amadou Sy, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

2020

Jun

Past Event

Youth employment through industries without smokestacks: Workshop 3

8:30 AM - Friday Jun 19, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Online

Reports

VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH THE BOULIMICPortrait of the metropolis Ho Chi Minh City which is experiencing an exponential economic boom.VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH LA BOULIMIQUEPortrait de la métropole Ho-Chi-Minh Ville qui vit un boom économique exponentiel.NO USE FRANCE

Southeast Asia

Decoupling governance and democracy: The challenge of authoritarian development in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

July 2020

A fruit seller is seen in a market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon.

Report

The informal sector in francophone Africa: The other side of weak structural transformation

Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Flames emerge from the flare stacks at the West Qurna-1 oilfield, which is operated by Exxon Mobil, near Basra, Iraq, May 20, 2019. Picture taken May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani - RC1D78173900

Environment

The TAP-Plus approach to anti-corruption in the natural resource value chain

Norman Eisen, Daniel Kaufmann, Nathaniel Heller, J. Preston Whitt, Mario Picon, Victoria Bassetti, and John Hudak

Sunday, June 28, 2020

A child sleeps on the back of her mother as she sells fruits to customers along the streets in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, near Nepal's capital Kathmandu September 23, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY)

Report

The constraints that bind (or don’t): Integrating gender into economic constraints analyses

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Drilling equipment is seen at the Sindbad oil field near the Iraqi-Iranian border in Basra, Iraq April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Report

What drives successful economic diversification in resource-rich countries?

Addisu Lashitew, Michael Ross, and Eric Werker

Friday, April 3, 2020

Blog Posts

A Palestinian woman uses her mobile phone in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Future Development

COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to strengthen digital safety nets for women

Leora Klapper

Friday, July 31, 2020

A worker maintains oil pipelines at the Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina

Up Front

The evolution of the EITI and next steps for tackling extractive industries corruption

Kelsey Landau and Victoria Bassetti

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Future Development

Two lessons from ASEAN for regional integration in Africa

Souleymane Coulibaly

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Global Economy

Africa’s roadmap for long-term economic growth

Landry Signé and David Dollar

Monday, June 29, 2020

A man checks his phone while waiting in a long queue to enter a wholesale market to buy a cake for Mother's Day celebrations, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Podcast Episode

The future of global development: How the pandemic is upending development finance

Homi Kharas

A Deeper Look

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Global Trade

How to ensure Africa has the financial resources to address COVID-19

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and David Dollar

Monday, May 4, 2020

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Reports

Unlocking Africa’s business potential

Can we end corruption in oil, gas, and mining?

Webinar: How transparent is global aid now, and where do we go from here?

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