Global Development

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS - RC1970B5C210

Africa in the news: China hosts Belt and Road Forum, Angola and Guinea reconfigure state-owned oil companies, and weather disasters strike southern Africa again

Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Cooling towers are seen at a coal fired power station in Hwange, Zimbabwe September 28, 2015. The plant, one of the country's biggest electricity generating units, is back online after annual routine maintenance at the start of this month led to severe power cuts in the southern African nation. Picture taken September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - GF10000226045

The critical frontier: Reducing emissions from China’s Belt and Road

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Construction workers erect scaffolding at the site of metro station as a SpiceJet Airlines aircraft flies past in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 14, 2012. Growth in Asia's third-largest economy is slowing as costlier credit and the impact of Europe's debt crisis on exports have sapped expansion. Gross domestic product rose 6.1 percent in December quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in near three years. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - GM1E85E1KU101

Economic geography bites back

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A man walks near storage tanks at a state-owned Pertamina fuel depot in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan - RC187A6D7BD0

New data on governance of national oil companies: Why transparency and oversight matter

Patrick Heller and Daniel Kaufmann

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Eritrea's director-general of the Department of Mines Alem Kibreab displays a gold piece during a Reuters interview inside his office in the capital Asmara, February 16, 2016. Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa's poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mining official told Reuters. To match Interview ERITREA-MINING/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - GF10000323043

Figure of the week: Natural resource governance in Africa

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Panelists discuss the prospect of another debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.

A conversation on sub-Saharan Africa’s debt situation

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans during the sit-in protest, outside Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC1BF818B3C0

Africa in the news: Sudan, Mali, and Uganda political updates and Ivanka Trump’s visit to Africa

Saturday, April 20, 2019

A paramedic distributes free medicine provided by the government to patients inside a ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai July 12, 2012. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, one of two Indian states offering free medicine for all. The state provides a glimpse of the hurdles India faces as it embarks on a programme to extend free drug coverage nationwide. Picture taken July 12, 2012. To match Analysis INDIA-DRUGS/ REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY DRUGS) - GM1E87N0HMY01

Outsized focus on cash transfers is missing the point

Friday, April 19, 2019

Delegates walk outside the International Monetary Fund headquarters building ahead of the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC17038BDDE0

African economies, digitalization, and fragility: Insights from the Spring Meetings

Thursday, April 18, 2019

A man holds his phone to take a Facebook live video near a chasm suspected to have been caused by a heavy downpour along an underground fault-line near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya March 28, 2018. Picture taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC12E3D4ACD0

Figure of the week: Gap in universal mobile phone and internet access in Africa

Friday, April 12, 2019