Global Development

FILE PHOTO: Health workers chat near an ambulance at the parking lot of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Pretoria, South Africa, January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

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COVID-19 crisis: G-20 and debt sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

Kathrin Berensmann, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Global Development

How has the MCC responded to the challenges of COVID-19?

Alexia Latortue and David Dollar

Monday, April 12, 2021

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Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne

Thursday, April 8, 2021

African business people holding a meeting

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Trends in mergers and acquisitions in Africa

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Reports

A worker sorts baobab fruit at the Bioessence factory, a cosmetic and nutrition company using baobab and shea products, in Dakar June 19, 2013. Bioessence exports many of its products to the United States. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: BUSINESS)

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Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A Senegal case study

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Assane Beye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye

Monday, April 5, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 30 2014: Raw Coffee Bean sorting and processing in a factory

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Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and prospects

Louise Fox and Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Lima, Peru.- In the photos taken on November 20, 2020, it shows rural families, dedicated to different livestock activities in Lima, Peru. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the informal employment rate at the national level increased from 73% in the first quarter of this year to 75.2% in the third quarter, thus reaching the value highest in more than eight years. Today, almost eight out of ten jobs are informal.

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Debt distress and development distress: Twin crises of 2021

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Sierra Leonean security forces supervise the crew on board the Marampa 803, a vessel apprehended for alleged illegal fishing activities, that has been moored off the West African country's capital Freetown January 21, 2012. West Africa, recognized as one of the world's richest fisheries grounds teeming with snapper, grouper, sardines, mackerel and shrimp, loses up to $1.5 billion worth of fish each year to vessels fishing in protected zones or without proper equipment or licenses. Widespread corruption and a continuing lack of resources for enforcement mean huge foreign trawlers often venture into areas near the coast that are reserved exclusively for artisanal fishermen, allowing them to drag off tonnes of catch and putting at risk the livelihoods of millions of local people. Picture taken January 21, 2012. To match Feature WESTAFRICA-FISHING/ REUTERS/Simon Akam (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD ANIMALS)

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Measuring the global impact of destructive and illegal fishing on maritime piracy: A spatial analysis

Raj M. Desai and George E. Shambaugh

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Report

17 Rooms: A new approach to spurring action for the Sustainable Development Goals

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Blog Posts

Future Development

Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report

Carol Graham

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

An employee of Telkom Kenya looks at a display stand at the company's shop in Nairobi, Kenya, July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in Focus

Good news, Africa is creating jobs—but the narrative is complicated

Louise Fox

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

Future Development

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Philip Schellekens

Friday, April 2, 2021

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Experts

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International Monetary System

America needs a positive IMF agenda

David Dollar and Mark Sobel

Monday, March 29, 2021

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Up Front

A conversation with Mohammed Adjei Sowah, mayor of Accra

Anthony F. Pipa and Kaitlyn Pendrak

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A money changer counts Nigerian currency notes for a customer in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, Nigeria March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

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How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Fred Dews

Friday, February 5, 2021

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