Global Economy

Africa in focus

AGI launches Foresight Africa in Kampala, Kigali, and Dakar

Payce Madden and Christina Golubski

Friday, March 27, 2020

Nine-year-old Eve looks out of the front window at home, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Future Development

Awakening in the post-pandemic world

Dennis J. Snower

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A private ambulance paramedic puts on protective gear during a training to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the town of Thika, near Nairobi, Kenya, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Op-Ed

Africa is bracing for a head-on collision with coronavirus

Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Friday, March 27, 2020

Up Front

A social distancing reading list from Brookings Global Economy and Development

Max Bouchet, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Kemal Derviş, Pascaline Dupas, Helena Hlavaty, George Ingram, Addisu Lashitew, Payce Madden, John McArthur, and Sebastian Strauss

Friday, March 27, 2020

Reports

An employee of tech start-up Sendy, which offers online logistics services, works on her computer at their office in Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Report

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A methodological framework

Haroon Bhorat, Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Robert Hill, and Christopher Rooney

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

A woman wears a mask on Wall St. near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Report

The global macroeconomic impacts of COVID-19: Seven scenarios

Warwick J. McKibbin and Roshen Fernando

Monday, March 2, 2020

Report

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Developing trade policy for digital trade

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

World currencies with the US and China at center

Report

Global implications of a US-led currency war

Adam Triggs and Warwick J. McKibbin

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Report

Refugees as assets not burdens: The role of policy

Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen ahead of the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Future Development

IMF Special Drawing Rights: A key tool for attacking a COVID-19 financial fallout in developing countries

Kevin P. Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo, and Ulrich Volz

Thursday, March 26, 2020

A nearly empty East 42nd Street is seen in midtown Manhattan as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in New York City, New York, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Order from Chaos

Will investments in greener energy be yet another victim of the coronavirus?

Samantha Gross

Monday, March 23, 2020

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

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Events

2020

Jan

Past Event

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa over the next decade

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

China 2049: Economic challenges of a rising global power

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Panel Discussion | World Development Report 2020: Trading for development in the age of global value chains

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM IST

Delhi, India

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Experts

Kaushik Basu

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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David Dollar

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Multimedia

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How might COVID-19 affect the global economy?

Warwick J. McKibbin and David Dollar

Monday, March 9, 2020

Global Trade

What can shipping containers tell us about the US-China trade war?

David Dollar and Lori Ann LaRocco

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

France

What’s driving populism’s rise on both sides of the Atlantic?

David Dollar and Célia Belin

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

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