Global Economy

A worker walks past boxes of cooking oil at the Bidco factory in Thika, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi January 21, 2012. Bidco is based in Thika, a manufacturing town a half hour's drive from Nairobi, which made a name for itself in the 1970s because of its thriving textiles factories, bakeries and motor vehicle plants. In the early 2000s, though, it grew to symbolise Kenya's decline. Bidco survived the hard times. It exports 20 percent of its output to other African countries, with a value of $40 million a year, says Vimal Shah, who runs the company. Picture taken January 21, 2012. To match Insight AFRICA/SPENDERS-INFLATION REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) - RTR2WRCJ

Africa in focus

Figure of the Week: Job growth in Kenya’s formal economy slows

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Containers from China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) are pictured at a port in Shanghai, China, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX27GBE

Global Economy

Commercial diplomacy and political risk

Geoffrey Gertz

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Kenyan workers prepare men's underwear at the Hela intimates export processing zone (EPZ) limited factory in Athi River, near Nairobi, Kenya, July 27, 2017. Picture taken July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTS19YU7

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: African participation in global value chains

Amy Copley

Friday, August 11, 2017

Piles of steel pipes to be exported are seen in front of cranes at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province March 7, 2015. China's exports jumped 48.3 percent in February from a year earlier, while imports fell 20.5 percent, producing a trade deficit of $60.6 billion for the month, the General Administration of Customs said on Sunday. Picture taken March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTR4SGWY

Order from Chaos

Making sense of the Trump administration’s possible economic actions against China

Ryan Hass and David Dollar

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Reports

Newly manufactured cars of the automobile maker Honda await export at port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo June 23, 2015. Japanese manufacturing activity contracted slightly in June as new orders fell and output growth slowed in a sign the economy may have lost some momentum. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RTX1HO9G

Global Economy

Measuring and analyzing the impact of GVCs on economic development

David Dollar, Satoshi Inomata, Christophe Degain, MENG Bo, Zhi Wang, Nadim Ahmad, Annalisa Primi, Hubert Escaith, Jakob Engel, Daria Taglioni, Cecilia Heuser, Aaditya Mattoo, Matthew Kidder, Michele Ruta, and Jose Guilherme Reis

Monday, July 10, 2017

Rigging equipment is pictured in a field outside of Sweetwater, Texas.

Energy Industry

Nobody knew border carbon adjustments could be so complicated

Warwick J. McKibbin, Adele Morris, Peter J. Wilcoxen, and Weifeng Liu

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

People carry flags in front of statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong Il during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. The men carrying flags are wearing North Korean university uniforms. The float containing the statues is often marks the start of a section of the parade led by people chosen to represent ordinary citizens, as opposed to soldiers or military equipment. Once the parade is over, and the float has completed its official function, a large white sheet is placed over each statue in order to preserve the Supreme Dignity of each figure as the float meanders its way back through the city amid normal traffic. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj SEARCH "PARADE WID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RTS12G64

Global Economy

Modelling the economic impacts of Korean unification

Warwick J. McKibbin, Jong-Wha Lee, Weifeng Liu, and Cheol Jong Song

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX2Z06Y

Developing Economies

April 2017 Update to TIGER: Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery

Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda

Sunday, April 16, 2017

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese 100 yuan banknote is placed under a $100 banknote (top) in this photo illustration taken in Beijing in this November 7, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/File Photo - RTX34ASP

Global Economy

China’s emerging institutional statecraft

G. John Ikenberry and Darren Lim

April 2017

Blog Posts

Employees work in front of a computer screen at the headquarters of Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in the capital of Cairo, Egypt February 5, 2017. Picture taken February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien - RTX30NYX

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Making markets work better

Homi Kharas

Friday, July 28, 2017

Pro-government protesters chant slogans while holding Egyptian national flags as they walk near the seaside on the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt, January 25, 2016. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - RTX23Y78

Future Development

Inequality of opportunity in Egypt

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Workers of Leoni industries assemble electric parts for vehicles to be exported to Brazil in San Lorenzo, Paraguay December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno - RTS1084K

Order from Chaos

Global value chains provide new opportunities to developing countries

David Dollar

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

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