Global Economy

A worker holds a hoe as they remove weed at a farm amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Eikenhof, South Africa, April 16, 2020. Picture taken April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Economic impact of COVID-19: Protecting Africa’s food systems from farm to fork

Jennifer Blanke

Friday, June 19, 2020

People watch supplies distribution from their balconies in Roma community in Podgorica amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, Montenegro March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

Will COVID-19 create a new surge in poverty in the Western Balkans?

Jamele Rigolini, Marc Tobias Schiffbauer, and Edith Kikoni

Friday, June 19, 2020

A freight train of China COSCO Shipping Co., Ltd. running from Nanchang to Moscow is pictured before departing from a railway station in Nanchang city, east China's Jiangxi province, 20 Apil 2018.East China's Jiangxi province has launched a new freight train route to Russia. A train carrying clothes, electrical products and suitcases left Nanchang city on Friday (20 April 2018) for Moscow. It is the first freight train linking the city with Europe. The 10,000-kilometer trip will take 15 days, and run every week from June, according to local railway authorities. The new freight route will promote the foreign trade of Nanchang city. Demand for rail freight between China and Europe, an alternative to slower and riskier ocean shipping and costlier air cargo, has exploded in recent years.No Use China. No Use France.

On the changing asymmetry of global spillovers

Rabah Arezki and Yang Liu

Friday, June 19, 2020

A man walks in front of an office of First Investment Bank (Fibank) in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Could services drive globalization in the post-COVID-19 world?

Addisu Lashitew and Abdul Erumban

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. Picture taken January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Reopening the World: Lessons from China’s economic reopening

Cheng Li and Chen Jian

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

People wearing face mask are seen during commuting time in Beijing, China on June 29, 2020, amid continuing worries over the novel coronavirus COVID-19. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Reopening the World: China recovers first – with what lessons?

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza talks to the media after casting his ballot at a voting station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clovis Guy Siboniyo/File Photo

Africa in the news: African economic growth, Nigeria, and Burundi updates

Christina Golubski and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Customers receive money from families working abroad at a money remittance center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

How to keep remittances flowing

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Dilip Ratha

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Optician shop, Addis Ababa Region, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.NO USE FRANCE

Figures of the week: Effects of COVID-19 on Ethiopian firms

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group B - Ukraine v Portugal - NSC Olympiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraine - October 14, 2019 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

What do Vietnam and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common?

Jacques Morisset

Tuesday, June 9, 2020