Global Development

Lagos, Nigeria.-In the photos, it shows the streets of Lagos during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Poverty and fragility: Where will the poor live in 2030?

Jasmin Baier, Marina Buch Kristensen, and Søren Davidsen

Monday, April 19, 2021

A relative of one of the missing school girls reacts in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Student kidnappings threaten collapse of Nigerian education system

Adedeji Adeniran and Marco Castradori

Monday, April 19, 2021

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

It’s easy to exaggerate the scope of the jobs problem in Africa. The real story is nuanced.

Monday, April 19, 2021

Shopping basket sitting on various currencies

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Twin crises of debt and development distress

Friday, April 16, 2021

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

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

Kathrin Berensmann, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Men walk on a road under construction.

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

Alexia Latortue and David Dollar

Monday, April 12, 2021

A girl plays hopscotch as people line up to vote in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Marseille, France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DF78E8BB0

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

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

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Worker on forklift looking at camera

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

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

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

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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)

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

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

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Philip Schellekens

Friday, April 2, 2021

Loreto, Peru.- Peruvian entrepreneurs work developing products from the agro-industrial and aquaculture fishing sector in Loreto, Peru on September 3, 2020. The Peruvian economy plummeted 30.2% in the second quarter of the year, a figure that represents one of the greater falls of the GDP since there are historical records. This figure places the country among the most affected in economic terms in the world, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Peru (INE).

Funneling support to promising enterprises in developing countries

Thursday, April 1, 2021

A worker manually airs purple tea leaves named TRFK 306/1, a clone by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, at the Gatanga industries limited in Gatura settlement of Muranga county, Kenya January 30, 2021. Picture taken January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Building a better future of work for resilience and growth in post-COVID-19 Africa

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Asylum-seeking mothers from Guatemala and Honduras carry their children after they crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft, in Penitas, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States

Sarah Bermeo and David Leblang

Thursday, April 1, 2021

America needs a positive IMF agenda

David Dollar and Mark Sobel

Monday, March 29, 2021

Dhaka, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 30, 2017: Readymade garments product buyers and sellers visit Bangladesh International Garments Textile Expo at Bashundhara International Convention City in Dhaka. S

Bangladesh at 50

Friday, March 26, 2021

The emerging markets e-commerce opportunity

Christoph Ungerer

Friday, March 26, 2021

In the city of Marrakech, Morocco on 10/20/2017. Photograph taken at the Mosque of Kutubia in the center of Marrakech where sun rays can be seen through solar panels. R

Africa’s green bond market trails behind other regions

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Friday, March 26, 2021

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

Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and prospects

Louise Fox and Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, March 25, 2021