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Future Development

The economic benefits of cities in the developing world

Arti Grover, Somik V. Lall, and Jonathan Timmis

Friday, July 23, 2021

Accra, Ghana.- In the photo taken on March 1, 2021, Ghana kicked off a COVID-19 vaccination campaign with vaccines from the COVAX initiative. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, and their spouses took the first doses in the West African country.

Africa in Focus

What India’s COVID-19 crisis means for Africa

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Gas burns off at the al-Shuaiba oil refinery in southwest Basra, Iraq April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Future Development

Decoupling economic growth from emissions in the Middle East and North Africa

Martin Philipp Heger and Lukas Vashold

Thursday, July 22, 2021

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Events

Regional integration in West Africa: Is there a role for a single currency?

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Making progress on gender equality: It’s time for more transparency

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

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Related Books

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

Democracies Divided

Edited by Thomas Carothers and Andrew O'Donohue

2019

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Experts

Kemal Derviş

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@Kemal_Dervis

George Ingram

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

@GMIngramIV

Vera Songwe

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

@SongweVera

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Multimedia

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference at the end of the G7 summit, at Cornwall Airport Newquay, Britain.

China

How should the G-7 respond to China’s BRI?

Howard W. French and David Dollar

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: 17 Rooms for the Sustainable Development Goals

John McArthur

Friday, May 21, 2021

Shopping basket sitting on various currencies

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Twin crises of debt and development distress

Homi Kharas

Friday, April 16, 2021

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More on Global Development

A woman wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past a sign advertising UN's 'Sustainable development goals' in Ginza.The State of Emergency in Tokyo will last until end of June 2021. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Make Room(s) for change

John McArthur

Monday, July 19, 2021

Solar panel installation in Indian village

The key to global climate success

Kemal Derviş and Sebastian Strauss

Monday, July 19, 2021

TANGER, MOROCCO - MARCH 26, 2014: Cargo terminals in Tanger-Med Port, Morocco

Crony globalization: How political cronies captured trade liberalization in Morocco

Adeel Malik, Christian Ruckteschler, and Ferdinand Eibl

Friday, July 16, 2021

--FILE--A fishing fleet departs from a harbor after the summer fishing moratorium ended in Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 1 August 2016.Overfishing in Chinese rivers and seas has seriously depleted stocks and the government is to cut the size of the nation's fishing fleet, the agricultural ministry said. The ministry said there were practically "no fish" in the coastal East China Sea and fishermen also had a hard time finding a catch in many other coastal waters, according to a state radio report on Sunday (14 August 2016). Agriculture minister Han Changfu told China National Radio that it was time to trim China's fishing industry, now booming with the world's largest fishing fleet, to protect fish stocks.No Use China. No Use France.

A golden opportunity to end destructive fishing subsidies

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Thursday, July 15, 2021

A branch of South African clothing and homeware retailer Mr Price is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

South Africa after COVID-19—light at the end of a very long tunnel

Wolfgang Fengler, Marie-Francoise Nelly, Indermit Gill, Benedicte Baduel, and Facundo Cuevas

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Screens show audience via the Zoom application during the first six-hour online music festival at a studio amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

6 lessons from holding virtual focus groups during the COVID-19 pandemic

Damilola Iyiola and Laura Keen

Results for Development Monday, July 12, 2021

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Reports

Regional integration in West Africa: Is there a role for a single currency?

Making progress on gender equality: It’s time for more transparency

Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa