Global Economy

U.S. currency peeking out from behind two surgical masks

Navigating the debt legacy of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

EU flags waving in front of European Parliament building. Brussels, Belgium

A conversation about economics and geopolitics with Paolo Gentiloni

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Friday, October 15, 2021

Aerial image of Florida Keys single family homes on stilts under construction

Enhancing climate change resilience through self-protection, public investment, and market insurance

Matthew E. Kahn and Somik V. Lall

Friday, October 15, 2021

The reception desk staff is seen at the Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

The promise of services-led development

Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, and Elwyn Davies

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

View of a 12-meter-long QR code tunnel in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province, 23 April 2019.A tunnel featuring QR code appeared in a shopping mall in central China's Zhengzhou. This tunnel is made of 552 QR codes.No Use China. No Use France.

Asia’s consumer map is being redrawn

Jeongmin Seong and Tiago Devesa

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

A woman wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past Souvenir shops.Poland is now passing for the second wave of Coronavirus and life continues under restrictive measures such as the closure of stores inside shopping malls, gatherings with a maximum of 5 people, bars and restaurants operating on a take away. Poland has registered more than one million COVID-19 infections and the death toll above 25000. (Photo by Omar Marques / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How COVID-19 policy responses differed in Central Europe

Leonardo Iacovone, Natasha Kapil, Lukasz Marek Marc, Giovanna Marcolongo, Ilias Skamnelos, and Gallina A. Vincelette

Monday, October 11, 2021

SEATTLE / WASHINGTON - November 28, 2018 : Container ship and dockyard cranes, Seattle waterfront Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest

October 2021 update to TIGER: The global economic recovery is in danger of stalling

Aryan Khanna and Eswar Prasad

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Coins piled around a globe featuring Africa

Addressing the perception premium for sustainable development in Africa

Hippolyte Fofack

Friday, October 8, 2021

Mumbai skyline

How one country responded to disappointing Doing Business scores

Friday, October 8, 2021

Engaging China: Reconsidering the strategy and practice

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Branch app, an online financial micro lending platform is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Illustration

Mobile money dominates fintech investment in Africa

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Beach in Tunisia

Industries without smokestacks in Tunisia: Creating jobs in tourism and ICT

Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Large container ship in the open sea

US economic statecraft adrift as China seeks to join mega Asian trade deal

Joshua P. Meltzer

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

College graduation graduates wearing caps and gowns

The contribution of human capital to economic growth

Martin Neil Baily, Barry P. Bosworth, and Kelly Kennedy

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Sousse tourist area, Tunisia

Addressing youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks: A Tunisia case study

Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

People wait to receive a dose of COVAXIN coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech, during a vaccination drive organised by SEEDS, an NGO which normally specialise in providing relief after floods and other natural disasters, at an under-construction flyover in New Delhi, India, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

The risks of an uneven economic recovery in an unequal world

Ambar Narayan, Alexandru Cojocaru, Miriam Muller, and David Newhouse

Monday, September 27, 2021

Glass globe on top of business papers

A new proposal for the G-20 to strengthen the global financial safety net

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Eswar Prasad

Monday, September 27, 2021

Workers make clothes at an apparel manufacturing company in Enshi city, south China's Hubei province, 21 November 2020.Xuan'en County introduced apparel manufacturing enterprises beside the relocation sites in Shadaogou Town and Gaoluo Town to help with employment. So far, it has helped more than 900 people who were relocated to obtain employment and increase income.No Use China. No Use France.

What’s next for poverty reduction policies in China?

Maria Ana Lugo, Martin Raiser, and Ruslan Yemtsov

Friday, September 24, 2021

A staff member of on-line retailer Jumia, pushes a cart loaded with goods at the company's warehouse in Lagos April 10, 2014. There are two main reasons people shop online: it's cheaper or they can't be bothered with a trip to the store. And in Lagos, a city of 21 million people, a trip to the store can kill your entire day if you lose the traffic lottery. Jumia has 100,000 Nigerian customer accounts and sales are increasing by 15 percent a month. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS)

Quantifying the impact on Nigeria of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Yewande Olapade and Chukwuka Onyekwena

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Book cover

The Future of Money

By Eswar Prasad

2021