Global Economy

People walk past Prada's fashion store in downtown Milan February 4, 2015. The trend in luxury goods is to drum up same store sales by curbing expansion and wowing customers with new products, yet Prada continues to pay over the odds to open swanky new shops and stock them with handbags little changed from previous bestsellers. Prada, say analysts, now urgently needs to focus less on new stores and more on new handbags. Picture taken February 4. To match Analysis PRADA-STRATEGY/ REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (ITALY - Tags: BUSINESS FASHION)

Who gained from global growth last decade—and who will benefit by 2030?

Thursday, January 16, 2020

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Join the conversation on the top priorities for Africa over the next decade

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A general view shows containers at the Nairobi Terminus operating the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC114F8FE5C0

The Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2019

Dhruv Gandhi and Payce Madden

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

European Central Bank (ECB) Banknotes Director Ton Roos shows the new 100 euro banknote in the secretive vaults inside the Bank of Italy in Rome May 21, 2019. Picture taken May 21, 2019 REUTERS/Yara Nardi - RC177763AD50

Why Italy cannot exit the euro

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Workers handle cashew nuts at a processing plant in Bouake February 23, 2012. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E82O02D001

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the employment intensity of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, December 16, 2019

A man walks along a snow-covered square in central Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev - RC2BKD9QTRAE

Encouraging transformations in Central Asia

Lilia Burunciuc and Ivailo Izvorski

Friday, December 13, 2019

A money changer counts local currency notes at a local bureau where $100 US dollar exchanges for 750,000 Somaliland shillings in Hargeysa May 19, 2015 REUTERS/Feisal Omar - GF10000100128

Show me the money: How do we finance social protection for the future of work in Africa?

Zainab Usman, Indhira Santos, and Jan Loeprick

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during the opening of the annual International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki, Greece September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis - RC1EC7846080

Greece’s recovery bet

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Yasser al-Rumayyan, Saudi Aramco's chairman, and Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Aramco, attend a news conference at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC14A8AB6F00

The Saudi Aramco IPO breaks records, but falls short of expectations

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

President Hage Geingob of Namibia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HT1EC9L17ZA2K

Africa in the news: Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, and Nigeria updates

Saturday, December 7, 2019