Global Economy

Railways and a container yard are seen at the Khorgos border crossing point, east of the country's biggest city and commercial hub Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2015. Kazakhstan wants to establish itself as a major trading hub between China and Europe and get a share of a $600 billion market, but it will have to end tough, often time-wasting, regulations that hurt its reputation as a cross-border trading partner. Picture taken October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov - GF20000033627

Connecting Central Asia to the world

Wolfgang Fengler and Paul Vallely

Monday, September 9, 2019

A factory employee works in a thread spinning factory in Cairo, Egypt, July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1339B685A0

The curse of (uncontested) imports

Friday, September 6, 2019

People walk by the Central Bank in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci - RC1D031C8C30

Argentina 2019: The IMF should avoid mistakes repeatedly made in past bailouts

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri leaves afteer a news conference at the Olivos Presidential Residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2018. Picture taken July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci - RC1FA9BE17D0

Lessons learned from the Argentine economy under Macri

Manuel Alcalá Kovalski

Thursday, September 5, 2019

A worker checks avocados at a packaging warehouse of Hoja Redonda plantation in Chincha, Peru, September 3, 2015. The eighth World Avocado Congress, an event dedicated to production, export and marketing of Hass avocados, will be held in Peru from September 13 to September 18. Peru is the second largest exporter of Hass avocados in the world, according to local media. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - GF10000192546

Globalization has changed inflation dynamics, but domestic developments still matter

Thursday, September 5, 2019

A ship transports empty containers at the seaport of Benghazi, Libya August 28, 2019. Picture taken August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC1399D965E0

Has globalization gone too far—or not far enough?

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

A woman hawks merchandise past transit trucks at Mpondwe border that separates Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena - RC1ADF153830

The AfCFTA: The first step of a long marathon

Angelle B. Kwemo

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

St. Louis

Welcoming communities make for globally competitive city-regions

Rachel Barker, Marek Gootman, and Max Bouchet

Monday, August 5, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING NAME AND REMOVING POSITIONING Chinese Vice Premier Liu He with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are seen before the start of talks at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai, China July 31, 2019. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS - RC1EB94296F0

What a US-China trade deal could look like

Thursday, August 1, 2019

A technician inspects newly moulded bottles at the Guinness pop-up plant in Accra, July 2, 2014. Picture taken July 2, 2014. To match Insight CONSUMERS-MANUFACTURERS/AFRICA REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko (GHANA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7411EN01

What do automation and artificial intelligence mean for Africa?

Tuesday, July 16, 2019