Global Development

Medical supplies are carried from a plane as a flight arrives from China to Cambodia with supplies and doctors to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Cindy Liu NO RESALES NO ARCHIVES

Op-Ed

The COVID-19 solidarity test

Kemal Derviş

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A medical employee collects a smear at a special corona test center for public service employees such as police officers, nurses and firefighters during a media presentation as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cologne, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Report

Responding to global systemic shocks: Applying lessons from previous crises to COVID-19

Ana Revenga

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

SAADA, YEMEN- In the photos taken on February 4, 2020, it shows a displaced persons camp in Razih district in Saada province, Yemen, on February 4, 2020. In Yemen, 12 percent of the population is displaced after almost four years of conflict and 4.7 million children need humanitarian assistance to continue their education. Across the country, two million children do not go to school.

Future Development

Yemen’s civilians: Besieged on all sides

Omer Karasapan

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Reports

North Korean bank note, Jan 25, 2020 : North Korean bank notes displayed for sale at a pavilion, just south of the border between the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Report

What do we know about poverty in North Korea?

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Olha Danylo, Steffen Fritz, Martin Hofer, Homi Kharas, and Juan Carlos Laso Bayas

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

An employee of tech start-up Sendy, which offers online logistics services, works on her computer at their office in Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Report

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A methodological framework

Haroon Bhorat, Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Robert Hill, and Christopher Rooney

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Currency symbols float over a map of Africa

Report

Illicit financial flows in Africa: Drivers, destinations, and policy options

Landry Signé, Mariama Sow, and Payce Madden

Monday, March 2, 2020

Report

Next generation urban planning: Enabling sustainable development at the local level through voluntary local reviews (VLRs)

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Foreign tourists in safari riverboats observe elephants along the Chobe river bank near Botswana's northern border where Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia meet, March 4, 2005. REUTERS/Peter Apps/File Photo

Report

Industries without smokestacks: Firm characteristics and constraints to growth

John Page

Monday, February 3, 2020

Blog Posts

Africa in focus

AGI launches Foresight Africa in Kampala, Kigali, and Dakar

Payce Madden and Christina Golubski

Friday, March 27, 2020

Up Front

A social distancing reading list from Brookings Global Economy and Development

Max Bouchet, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Kemal Derviş, Pascaline Dupas, Helena Hlavaty, George Ingram, Addisu Lashitew, Payce Madden, John McArthur, and Sebastian Strauss

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen ahead of the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Future Development

IMF Special Drawing Rights: A key tool for attacking a COVID-19 financial fallout in developing countries

Kevin P. Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo, and Ulrich Volz

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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Events

2020

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Understanding the drivers of inequality in Africa and implications for human development

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa over the next decade

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

The great reversal: How America gave up on free markets

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

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Experts

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Multimedia

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How will the Chinese economy rebound from COVID-19?

David Dollar and Dexter Roberts

Monday, March 23, 2020

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Podcast Episode

Can the US solve foreign crises before they start?

George Ingram

Lawfare

Friday, March 13, 2020

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Global Economy

Is China undermining the global economic order or helping build it?

David Dollar and Wang Huiyao

Monday, December 9, 2019

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