Global Development

Children fetch water from a borehole point at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC188C1E6B60

The start of a new poverty narrative

Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, and Martin Hofer

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

SDG 7 picture

Who is talking about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

John McArthur and Christine Zhang

Thursday, June 14, 2018

An official of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authourity (ZESA) inspects water levels on the Kariba dam in Kariba, Zimbabwe, February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - GF10000315340

Enhancing the attractiveness of private investment in hydropower in Africa

Alain Ebobisse and Amadou Hott

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifiers - South Africa v Senegal - Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa - November 10, 2017 - Senegal soccer players celebrate their win over South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC12CE3DF140

Africa in the World Cup: Building cohesion through the world’s most-watched sport

Karim Foda and Mariama Sow

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Ships which are currently under construction, are seen at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. The port of Ulsan was the cradle of South Korea's breakneck industrialization. Now, the main production site for big manufacturers such as Hyundai Motor and oil refiner SK Innovation risks becoming the country's rust belt. Picture taken May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - GF10000102783

Sustaining the global expansion

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Cover image for global metro monitor

Global Metro Monitor 2018

Max Bouchet, Sifan Liu, Joseph Parilla, and Nader Kabbani

June, 2018

Gulaban, 25, mother of three, climbs into a 60-tonne truck, during a training session of the Female Dump Truck Driver Programme, held by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), in Islamkot, Tharparkar, Pakistan September 21, 2017. Picture taken September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RC14E23BF690

How to boost female employment in South Asia

Martin Rama and Ana Revenga

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

A child rests while illuminated by candle light during a scheduled blackout in South Africa

Africa’s 3 deadly deficits: Education, electricity, and taxes

Indermit Gill and Kenan Karakülah

Friday, June 8, 2018

The Marshall Plan’s 70th anniversary and the future of development cooperation

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EDT

A man rides a bicycle along an empty road in Aninoasa, 330 km (202 miles) west of Bucharest July 31, 2013. If joining the European Union was supposed to lift Romania out of poverty, in Aninoasa, a town of 4,800 people in the mountainous Jiu Valley region, it has yet to work. Six years after Romania's accession to the EU, not only is Aninoasa still poor - it has also become the first town in Romania to file for insolvency. Picture taken July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 21 OF 23 FOR PACKAGE 'ROMANIA'S BANKRUPT TOWN'. SEARCH 'ANINOASA' FOR ALL IMAGES - GM1E98V1AG501

Romania: Thriving cities, rural poverty, and a trust deficit

Donato De Rosa and Yeon Soo Kim

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Schoolchildren react to the camera as they attend a lesson in a classroom on the first day of school

What about the boys? Educating boys for gender justice

Friday, June 1, 2018

A general view of the traffic on a crowded road in Cairo October 26, 2010. Smog-ridden Cairo's gridlock shows investment in roads, railways and ports is failing to keep pace with economic growth, menacing public health and threatening economic asphyxiation. Around 12,000 deaths occur every year in Egypt because of road accidents, the highest rate in the world per head of population bar Eritrea and the Cook Islands, according to the World Health Organization's most recent report in 2009. The capital's congested roads come to a standstill daily as infrastructure fails to support population growth of 2 percent a year and as thousands of new cars hit the streets every year. Picture taken October 26, 2010. To match Feature EGYPT-BUSINESS/ REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TRANSPORT) - GM1E71R08F001

Egypt’s population: Boom then bust?

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

A general view shows houses surrounded by fields outside the village of Qalaalti, Azerbaijan, June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - D1AETMNKFCAB

Is cotton the answer to Azerbaijan’s oil price woes?

Monday, May 21, 2018

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the EU council in Brussels, Belgium May 15, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1873ED5BB0

With the US out, how can Iran benefit from the JCPOA?

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

An atrium is seen at the World Bank headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1A8C4E8F00

Will a capital increase mean a greater global role for the World Bank?

Johannes F. Linn

Monday, May 14, 2018

Workers load humanitarian aid onto a truck before it is sent to Lebanon from Amman, Jordan August 31, 2006. The United States, through the Agency for International Developments (USAID), donated 700 metric tons of wheat to the World Food Program for immediate release and transport to Lebanon, according to the U.S. embassy in Amman. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN) - GM1DTJYEBNAA

Testimony on modernizing development finance

Friday, May 11, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to address a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1A962931B0

Macron’s internationalism and the new politics

Friday, May 11, 2018

Anita Monk and her neighbour John Everett dance during a Christmas Dinner event for older people at Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall in London, Britain December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs - RC18585124A0

Longer, more optimistic lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States

Kelsey J. O’Connor and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

An elderly woman counts money at a market in the town of Tkvarcheli, some 50 km (31 miles) southeast of Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia December 27, 2013. The territory of Abkhazia is located several miles southwest of the border with Russia and the Olympic Park in the Adler district of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi which will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in February. Abkhaz separatists fought Georgian government forces in 1992-1993, after which the breakaway region declared independence. Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tuvalu recognized Abkhazia as an independent state while all other countries regard it as a Georgian province, according to local media. Picture taken December 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (GEORGIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS OLYMPICS SPORT) - GM1EA161B4D01

Georgia’s destiny will be shaped by its demography

Mercy Tembon, Wolfgang Fengler, and Aurélien Kruse

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

An Algerian staff at a production plant works in Ain Kebira, 300 km (186 miles) east of Algiers, March 28, 2009. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the overwhelming favourite to win elections on April 9, has pledged $150 billion to modernise the economy, build 1 million homes and address mass unemployment which stands officially at 12 percent but rises to 70 percent among the young. Yet critics say many of the projects are behind schedule and failing to create the millions of jobs needed to restore hope to the population of Africa's second-biggest country. Photo taken March 28, 2009. To match feature ALGERIA-INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E5470LIW01

A leap in gender equality begins with better data

George Ingram and Nora O’Connell

Friday, May 4, 2018