Global Development

A utility pole supporting wires for electricity distribution is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, November 11, 2015. The board of Kenya's biggest power generator, KenGen, has approved a rights issue plan and will seek shareholder approval on Dec. 16, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday. The plan, which also needs regulatory approvals, would involve issuing up to 7.802 billion shares at price to be set. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - GF20000054611

Figure of the week: Progress toward reliable energy access in Africa

Thursday, December 12, 2019

A money changer counts local currency notes at a local bureau where $100 US dollar exchanges for 750,000 Somaliland shillings in Hargeysa May 19, 2015 REUTERS/Feisal Omar - GF10000100128

Show me the money: How do we finance social protection for the future of work in Africa?

Zainab Usman, Indhira Santos, and Jan Loeprick

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Primary school students wear masks with No Smoking sign during an event to promote the World No Tobacco Day on May 31, in Linyi, Shandong province, China May 30, 2019. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1DEBFED000

The 5 problems China must tackle now to achieve the 2030 health SDGs

Shu Chen, Wenhui Mao, and Shenglan Tang

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Ethiopian legislators raise their hands as they vote inside the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC16FD4F3230

Ethiopia’s newly unified ruling party pivots to a liberal political economy

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, December 6, 2019

Women apply salt to dried fish at an artisanal fish processing facility in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth, April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/SARDINELLA REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - RC1E49820D10

Figure of the week: Gender equality in employment in Africa

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A camel casts a shadow next to its herder at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg, Mauritania, May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E85Q0MGN01

Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?

Christian Bodewig

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING STYLE People spend their time at a street food market in Bangkok, Thailand August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RC1EAEB197C0

How inclusive is growth?

Meagan Dooley and Homi Kharas

Friday, November 22, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Kashmiri earthquake survivors carry valuables from the Kamsar camp some 10 km (6 miles) north of the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir January 23, 2006. The two-time refugees returned to the village to collect valuables, wood and metal roofs to build makeshift shelters in a new camp in Muzaffarabad. More than two million people have been living in tents or crude shelters patched together from ruined homes since the October 8, 2005 quake killed more than 73,000 people in northern Pakistan. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RP3DSFCZJEAE

Changing the culture of economics: The 2019 Nobel laureates

Thursday, November 7, 2019

A man rests on a mini truck loaded with bagged food-stuff at a internal displaced persons (IDP) camp during the official flag-off of food and relief materials distribution for the internal displaced persons in Nigerian city of Maiduguri, June 8, 2017.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1CF1A1DD10

The effects of Nigeria’s closed borders on informal trade with Benin

Stephen Golub, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, October 29, 2019