Global Economy

Workers sort avocados at a farm factory in Nelspruit in Mpumalanga province, about 51 miles (82 km) north of the Swaziland border, South Africa, June 14, 2018. Picture taken June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1635FD15B0

Africa in focus

Creating one market under the African Free Trade Area: Progress and challenges

H.E. Albert Muchanga

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Men work at an e-scooter assembly line of Vinfast Auto and Motorcycle factory in Hai Phong city, Vietnam November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kham - RC1468580640

Future Development

5 puzzles in the international economy

Homi Kharas

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attends the opening ceremony of the Reinvented Toilet Expo showcasing sewerless sanitation technology in Beijing, November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1CA0B6A1E0

Op-Ed

The leader the World Bank needs

Homi Kharas and Eswar Prasad

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Venders play Ludo using iPhone Games, while waiting in a store, at a market in Khartoum, Sudan July 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC1F5A668EE0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Improvements in business environment

Payce Madden

Friday, January 11, 2019

Reports

Report

Reconciling financing needs and rising debt levels

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Friday, January 11, 2019

Report

Intra-African trade: A path to economic diversification and inclusion

Vera L. Songwe

Friday, January 11, 2019

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Developing Economies

Africa’s consumer market potential

Landry Signé

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

Developing Economies

Africa’s tourism potential

Landry Signé

Monday, December 3, 2018

A former rebel (R), who now owns a clothing factory, oversees a worker in his workshop in Bogota in this photo taken on February 3, 2015. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is currently in peace talks with the government to end 51 years of war, face a complicated path to employment and a life away from crime as they try to reintegrate into society. Demobilized rebels are popular recruits for crime gangs and will have to overcome prejudices to become economically independent after they graduate from government reinsertion programs. Picture taken on February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez - GF10000135974

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market

Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, and Cindy Huang

Monday, December 3, 2018

Blog Posts

A migrant touches a globe shaped balloon during a rally held ahead of the start of the 2015 Paris World Climate Change Conference, known as the COP21 summit, in Rome, Italy , November 29, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - GF20000078555

Up Front

International development in 2018: What we learned in Brookings Global

David Batcheck and Molli Ferrarello

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Demonstrators hold EU and Union flags during an anti-Brexit protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC14C86B4D80

Up Front

Brexit: Make hard choices but don’t confuse sovereignty with autonomy

Ralph C. Bryant

Friday, December 21, 2018

A factory floor of XCMG Group is seen in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China August 14, 2015. Two years after China unveiled a sweeping plan to rebuild Silk Road trade links with Europe and Asia, machinery maker XCMG Group has opened a factory in Uzbekistan, sent 300 staff abroad and set ambitious goals to grow overseas. XCMG's foreign venture piggybacks on China's bold scheme to extend its global influence through financing infrastructure projects in 65 nations that are home to two-thirds of humanity, and at the same time win new markets for companies weighed down by profit-crushing overcapacity at home. Picture taken August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Brenda Goh - GF10000192838

Future Development

How Uzbekistan is transforming into an open economy

Lilia Burunciuc, Wolfgang Fengler, Wiebke Schloemer, and Daria Taglioni

Thursday, December 20, 2018

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Events

2018

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The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Migrants, refugees, and the economy

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Unconventional monetary policy: How well did it work?

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Avoiding the Middle-Income Trap in Asia

Edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Peter J. Morgan, Guanghua Wan, and Bihong Huang

2018

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Multimedia

A man arranges a Chilean flag during the signing agreement ceremony for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, in Santiago, Chile March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado - RC191708E900

Podcast Episode

All about the Trans-Pacific Partnership

David Dollar and Mireya Solís

Monday, December 24, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 11 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - HP1EDAB1EV07F

U.S. Foreign Policy

Tariff tensions build between US, allies ahead of G-7 summit

Geoffrey Gertz

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Podcast Episode

Africa’s expanding middle class

Haroon Bhorat, Homi Kharas, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

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Global Economy

Creating one market under the African Free Trade Area: Progress and challenges

5 puzzles in the international economy

The leader the World Bank needs

Figures of the week: Improvements in business environment

Reports

Reconciling financing needs and rising debt levels

Intra-African trade: A path to economic diversification and inclusion

Africa’s consumer market potential

Africa’s tourism potential

Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market

Blog Posts

International development in 2018: What we learned in Brookings Global

Brexit: Make hard choices but don’t confuse sovereignty with autonomy

How Uzbekistan is transforming into an open economy

Events

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

Migrants, refugees, and the economy

Unconventional monetary policy: How well did it work?

Related Books

Avoiding the Middle-Income Trap in Asia

World Trade Report 2018

Rapport sur le Commerce Mondial 2018

Multimedia

All about the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tariff tensions build between US, allies ahead of G-7 summit

Africa’s expanding middle class

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