Global Economy

Containers are seen at a port terminal in Bizerte, Tunisia, March 27, 2018. Picture taken March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1740C51860

MENA’s economic integration in an era of fragmentation

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

A soldier checks a truck loaded with goods at a military check point in Dapchi, Yobe state, Nigeria February 27, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19251521B0

Figures of the week: AfCFTA implementation and key barriers to intra-regional trade in Africa

Friday, May 3, 2019

Workers stand on a ladder at a new condominium construction in Jakarta's business district June 11, 2015. Indonesian property shares all rose in October when it became clear that reform-minded Joko Widodo would be president, but as Southeast Asia's biggest economy charts a weaker course this year, stock investors are keen to separate the wheat from the chaff. Picture taken June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta - GF10000124918

How emerging markets are moving beyond neoliberalism

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Construction workers erect scaffolding at the site of metro station as a SpiceJet Airlines aircraft flies past in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 14, 2012. Growth in Asia's third-largest economy is slowing as costlier credit and the impact of Europe's debt crisis on exports have sapped expansion. Gross domestic product rose 6.1 percent in December quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in near three years. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - GM1E85E1KU101

Economic geography bites back

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A man walks near storage tanks at a state-owned Pertamina fuel depot in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan - RC187A6D7BD0

New data on governance of national oil companies: Why transparency and oversight matter

Patrick Heller and Daniel Kaufmann

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) gestures as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani smiles during Rouhani's ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC13B40C5DB0

Trump tightens sanctions on Iran’s oil exports—How India will respond

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Panelists discuss the prospect of another debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.

A conversation on sub-Saharan Africa’s debt situation

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

An Iranian man works on an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. REUTERS/File Photo - S1AETIFZPAAA

As Trump moves to cut off Iran’s oil revenues, what’s his endgame?

Suzanne Maloney

Monday, April 22, 2019

A Congolese policewoman and customs officials secure the gate barriers at their border crossing point with Rwanda in Goma town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo - S1BETDUZYLAA

Headwinds toward East African regional integration: Will this time be different?

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, April 22, 2019

Wires are seen at the back of servers at the headquarters of network security provider Check Point Software Technologies Ltd in Tel Aviv, Israel August 14, 2016. Picture taken August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - S1AETVTIXBAA

A new alphabet for Europe: Algorithms, big data, and the computer chip

Wolfgang Fengler and Indermit Gill

Thursday, April 18, 2019