Global Economy

(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1E7E16C900

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Xi Jinping, China’s People’s Party, and the middle-income trap

Friday, October 20, 2017

A woman counts Ethiopian birr notes, after selling a cabbage at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa November 14, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267960

Future Development

Universal basic income pilots: Setting expectations right

Thursday, October 19, 2017

An Airbus A320neo aircraft and a Bombardier CSeries aircraft are pictured during a news conference to announce a partnership between Airbus and Bombardier on the C Series aircraft programme, in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau - RC18654BC520

Up Front

Airbus, Boeing, and Bombardier: Making sense of the aircraft subsidy wars

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Flags of Greece, the European Union and the National Bank of Greece flutter on a balcony of Greece's National Bank in central Athens February 11, 2015. Greek shares fell while the country's bond yields rose on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers to discuss Athens' plans to reverse austerity measures agreed as part of its bailout. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EB2B1R6E01

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Greece’s non-performing loans: A source of instability, a prime obstacle to a strong recovery

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Reports

A man walks past an electronic board displaying share price movements in Tokyo September 30, 2008. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell nearly 5 percent on Tuesday to touch a three-year after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion financial bailout plan, fuelling fears about lasting damage to markets and the economy. Exporters and banks were particularly hard hit, as Tokyo followed the lead of the Dow Jones industrial average, which posted its largest point decline ever and its biggest daily percentage slide since the 1987 stock market crash. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN) - GM1E49U0V2U01

Global Economy

Economic risk and resilience in East Asia

Monday, October 9, 2017

People walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC169349E480

Developing Economies

October 2017 Update to TIGER: A synchronized but sluggish recovery

Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda

Sunday, October 8, 2017

General view of the assembly line of the new Ford Fiesta in Cologne, February 4, 2013. Europe's car sales fell last month to their lowest February level in at least 23 years, industry figures showed March 19, 2013, dwindling to the sort of trickle usually only seen during the August holiday when cities are empty. Ford Motor Co has been one of the biggest casualties, with sales dropping at twice the rate of the overall market's decline for a third straight month. Its sales dropped 20.8 percent to 53,660 cars. Ford is cutting back its European production capacity with three plant closures, including its Genk factory in Belgium, to stem regional losses. Picture taken February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - BM2E93J0VMM01

Developing Economies

The middle productivity trap: Dynamics of productivity dispersion

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A man reacts at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera - RC197DA58290

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Democracy and terrorism

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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

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Blog Posts

People look at the iPhone 8 at the Apple Orchard Shop in Singapore September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC1F5F9184F0

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Dispatch from East Asia

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, October 13, 2017

A man helps a girl cross a log bridge after the flash flood washed away the concrete bridge at Pentagon, in Freetown, Sierra Leone August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC1BB1FE6700

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: IMF predicts a pickup in global and sub-Saharan African growth, though warns of climate change threats

Thursday, October 12, 2017

A carer feeds a resident on a wheelchair at the private nursing home "Silver Villa Koyama" in Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 2016. Picture taken on September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - S1BEUDZWMJAA

Future Development

How will we cope when there are too few young people in the world?

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of Belt and Road Forum at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake on May 15, 2017 in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool *** Local Caption *** Xi Jinping - RTX35URP

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A boat of customs' officers sails next to Lisbon's port, Portugal, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante - RTX2PWZ8

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A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

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A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government arrives at the Nairobi Terminus on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13EFC12310

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Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1PAB01

Post-AGOA: Moving to a reciprocal US-Africa trade arrangement

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Attendees take pictures of new IPhone models during an Apple launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - HP1ED9C1KSOEO

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Chests of drawers are pictured at the Income Tax office in New Delhi April 5, 2013. Indian tax officials have opened up a new front in their battle to increase revenue collected from companies, targeting manufacturing firms that slash prices below cost in order to sell slow-moving inventory. Picture taken April 5. To match INDIA-TAX/ REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E94F1U5L01

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