Global Economy

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Africa in Focus

Monetary meld

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Chongqing, China – May 28, 2018: New Energy Electric Vehicle, New Energy Vehicle Charging at Charging Station Using Charging Pole

Future Development

What can the G-7 learn from China’s transition to climate-smart growth?

Ed Araral

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Africa in Focus

Delivering regional public goods is key for successful African regional integration

Jaime de Melo and Bruce Byiers

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Op-Ed

The brutal truth about Bitcoin

Eswar Prasad

Monday, June 14, 2021

Reports

A man walks inside the World Trade Center after the government announced that private and state companies will reopen their offices after almost two months of lockdown amidst concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Report

Social and economic impact of COVID-19

Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Federico Filippini

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Daily wage laborers and homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Report

Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A worker from a telecommunications company inspects a 5G technology device connected to an experimental 5G network, in Santiago, Chile March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Report

Bridging the global digital divide: A platform to advance digital development in low- and middle-income countries

George Ingram

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Report

What lies beneath: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking

Matthew Collin

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

12/19/2020 - Bergamo - last weekend in the yellow zone before Christmas; entrances limited by the local police in via XX Settembre to avoid gatherings, controls by the police intensified. long queues outside the shops and lots of crowds on the street. Editorial Usage Only (Photo by IPA/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Report

How COVID-19 changed the world: G-7 evidence on a recalibrated relationship between market, state, and society

Katharina Lima de Miranda and Dennis J. Snower

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Blog Posts

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at a meeting of finance ministers from across the G7 nations ahead of the G7 leaders' summit, at Lancaster House in London, Britain June 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: What to watch in Biden’s week of summits in Europe

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Samantha Gross, Syaru Shirley Lin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Patrick W. Quirk, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Thomas Wright

Monday, June 7, 2021

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.- In the photos taken on January 15, 2021, people work at a food plant in Tegucigalpa. Honduras received 323.5 million dollars of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the third quarter of 2020, 75.9% higher than the same period of 2019, according to the Central Bank (BCH).

Future Development

Declining foreign direct investment can’t contribute much to sustainable development

Simon J. Evenett and Johannes Fritz

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Future Development

Long-run impacts of COVID-19 on extreme poverty

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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Experts

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Multimedia

China

China’s economic future

David Dollar and James Pethokoukis

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Corporations

What’s behind the globalization of R&D?

Britta Glennon and David Dollar

Monday, April 26, 2021

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Homi Kharas

Friday, April 16, 2021

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