Global Economy

A man rides a motorbike with a delivery box along a road in Ajose Adeogun district in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria June 4, 2018. Picture taken June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1C91FE5F80

A gig economy solution to boost employment in Africa

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron inspects a guard of honour by the Kenya Defence Forces at State House in Nairobi, Kenya March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC135F2FDDE0

Africa in the news: French president and US diplomats visit the continent, Guinea-Bissau parliament elected, and first African start-up will be listed on the NYSE

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Kosovar labourers harvest potatoes on a field in the village of Pestova, northwest of Prishtina September 23, 2013. The village celebrates Potato Day on October 1 by harvesting potatoes and selling them to a local potato chip factory to support a still fragile economy. Picture taken September 23, 2013. REUTERS/Hazir Reka (KOSOVO - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E9A1171U01

Job opportunities for youth in Kosovo: 2 steps forward, 1 step back?

Mihail Arandarenko and Stefanie Brodmann

Thursday, March 14, 2019

A man counts bond notes at a vegetable market in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC11BE7ABB10

Financing the frontier: Risk, reward, and reality in Africa’s fragile states

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A trader speaks with a stock market official beneath the electronic board at the Tehran stock exchange September 15, 2010. While U.S. diplomats were busy upping Iran's economic punishment over nuclear activities Washington fears are aimed at making a bomb, Iranian shares, which might have been expected to fall, have, instead, gone through the roof. Picture taken September 15, 2010. To match Feature IRAN-ECONOMY/BOURSE REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E69U0R0301

How the Iran hostage crisis shaped the US approach to sanctions

Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

A Greek national flag flutters, as the ancient Parthenon temple is seen atop the Acropolis hill, in Athens, Greece, March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC1476890910

Greek economy: From bailout program exit to recovery?

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A woman walks down a hill to Port Louis June 6, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) - GM1E4661HGX01

Africa’s tourism: A global destination for investment and entrepreneurship

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Women work on an assembly line manufacturing toy cars at a factory in Xingtai, Hebei province, China November 9, 2018. Picture taken November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1B3BB5AFB0

Migration of Chinese manufacturing jobs to Africa: Myth or reality?

Tilman Altenburg

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC16EDA92520

Developing a mutually beneficial US-China economic relationship

Joshua P. Meltzer

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Robotic arms assemble Tesla's Model S sedans at the company's factory in Fremont, California, June 22, 2012. Tesla began delivering the electric sedan to customers on June 22. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - TM3E86M1CK701

Are robots in Michigan destroying jobs in Chihuahua?

Hernan Winkler, Luc Christiaensen, and Erhan Artuc

Monday, February 25, 2019