Global Development

A woman looks on at the Chongqing Iron and Steel plant in Changshou, Chongqing, China August 6, 2018. Picture taken August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Gender and growth: The constraints that bind (or don’t)

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A crane loads shipping containers on a ship in the port of Mombasa, Kenya, October 23, 2019. Picture taken October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Trade in uncertain times: Prioritizing regional over global value chains to accelerate economic development in East Africa

Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen, following a Senate vote on the coronavirus relief bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

How Congress can address the international dimensions of the COVID-19 response

George Ingram and Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

John Nkengasong, Africa's Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2020. Picture taken March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The coming of age of the Africa Centers for Disease Control

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

A group of residents of the Chapeu Mangueira slum, prepares food for distribute it to homeless people in Copacabana neighborhood during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Landau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Solving both the short- and long-term COVID-19 crises

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Michael Kelleher

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

People are pictured in front of closed shops of a market, as the authorities prepare to disinfect the markets amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

What to do about the coming debt crisis in developing countries

Monday, April 13, 2020

A police officer is pictured at a road block while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: COVID-19 impacts African economies and daily lives; clashes in the Sahel

Dhruv Gandhi, Anna Schaeffer, and Payce Madden

Saturday, April 11, 2020

A HOPE lady receives an HPV self-testing kit at her workplace in the market in Pachacutec, Peru (Credit: Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies)

New hope for fixing health system failures to prevent and treat cervical cancer

Andrea Thoumi, Lillian Zhu, Rachel Mundaden, and Karina Moreno Bueno

Friday, April 10, 2020

A food vendor, popularly known as a "Mama Put", arranges her sets of pots and plates on a table in Abuja, Nigeria, January 25, 2020. Picture taken January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Social distancing unlikely to hold up in Africa without a safety net for microentrepreneurs

Addisu Lashitew

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Haitians who are homeless and stranded in the country and Venezuelan immigrants receive food aid from the church during the quarantine and mandatory immobilization as the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Lima, Peru March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Civil society: An essential ingredient of development

Monday, April 6, 2020