Global Development

Asia at night from space with city lights showing human activity in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries, 3d rendering of planet Earth, elements from NASA

Asia’s data frontier—Modeling poverty from space

Anna Marie Fernando, Arturo Martinez Jr., Joseph Bulan, and Katharina Fenz

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Kasese, Kasese / Uganda - Apr 15, 2017: Cargo trucks passing Uganda Border

The countdown to implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area in East Africa

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

CASABLANCA, MOROCCO - Mars 14, 2017: Child drawing at school

Investing in human capital in the Middle East and North Africa is more important than ever

Keiko Miwa and Jeremie Amoroso

Monday, October 19, 2020

Scaling quality education in India: Year 2 results of the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond and beyond

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Hands holding Nigerian naira notes and leather wallet

Figures of the week: Taxation in Africa over the last century

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Moshi, Kilimanjaro / Tanzania - 10.06.2015: African children in a class at the Mawenzi Municipal Primary School raise their hands to answer the teacher's question.

The politics of education access in Tanzania

James Habyarimana and Ken Opalo

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Washington, United States.- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, participates in the 2020 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, United States on October 9, 2020. African countries will need 1.2 trillion dollars until 2023 to repair the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Georgieva said this Friday (9), while the commitments of official lenders and international institutions cover less than a quarter of the projected need.

Why the IMF needs to build on its COVID-19 record, not backtrack

Kevin P. Gallagher

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

--FILE--Customers shop for dairy products due to discounts at a supermarket in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 16 October 2017.Consumers who are anticipating cheaper prices for products during the upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival may not necessarily find them online, a new study said. According to the 2017 China shopping report jointly released by market consultancies Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel, the online prices of many product categories are higher than those offered in physical stores, with the biggest price differences seen for toothbrushes, hair conditioners and kitchen cleansing supplies. Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel for Greater China, said the price differences can be largely attributed to the fact that relatively more high-end products are purchased online. "While Chinese consumers used to shop online for low prices in the past, it has been increasingly noticeable in the recent five years that people prefer products that indicate a better lifestyle or entail more added value," he said. As a result, the sales of imported goods, especially food products and personal care products, have risen significantly, he said. "To cater to this trend, leading e-commerce players such as Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their offerings on their platforms to meet the demand of the rising middle class and younger consumers," he said.No Use China. No Use France.

China’s influence on the global middle class

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

October 2020

Two hands pulling at a a dollar sign

Can developing countries rein in offshore wealth?

Friday, October 9, 2020

A worker is seen at a production line within the Shona Textiles Export Processing Zone (EPZ) as they make protective face masks, as a measure to stem the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athi River near Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Global partnerships for an African recovery

Landry Signé, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Joyce Banda, Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Laimdota Straujuma, Yves Leterme, and Rovshan Muradov

Friday, October 9, 2020