Global Economy

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the G20 Summit in London, April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (BRITAIN POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E5430A1R01

Why US multilateral leadership was key to the global financial crisis response

Douglas A. Rediker

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

A woman works on her Apple computer

Why social exclusion is hard to change: A behavioral perspective

Karla Hoff and James Walsh

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1D0C9E7900

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Victoria Elikana

Saturday, September 1, 2018

A passenger smiles as he looks out of the newly commissioned Abuja light rail train at the station In Abuja, Nigeria July 17, 2018. Picture taken July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC11A602DF80

Figure of the week: Estimating future energy demand growth in Africa

Thursday, August 23, 2018

A man walks past the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, Greece, August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC1503BA14D0

Greece is in ‘Hotel California’: Checked out but it can never leave

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

FILE PHOTO: People walk at the entrance of Ecobank building in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 4, 2018. Picture taken June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo - RC1745900630

Figure of the week: Exploring economic growth spillover channels in Africa

Friday, August 10, 2018

A customer is served at the teller counter inside the banking hall at Kenya's Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - S1AETMWQMVAB

Giving credit to Africa’s financial markets and why we need to step up reform

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Heavy machinery is seen at Frontier copper mine in Fungurume, southern Democratic Republic of Congo May 25, 2010. Production at First Quantum Minerals' Frontier copper mine in Congo continued round the clock on Wednesday, despite a court decision to revoke the Canadian miner's license. Picture taken May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Katrina Manson (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E65R079Q01

7 surprising findings about resource-rich sub-Saharan Africa

Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Renault cars produced in Turkey and awaiting export throughout Europe, are lined-up in front of ship containers in the port of Koper October 14, 2013. Automotive industry association ACEA said October 16, 2013, that new car registrations in Europe climbed 5.5 percent to 1.19 million vehicles in September, only the third month a gain was recorded in the past two years. But within the European Union, the level of demand was the second lowest on record for the month of September since it began tabulating results for the 27 member states in 2003. Picture taken October 14. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (SLOVENIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) - BM2E9AF0WYI01

Back to the 1930s: Do US tariffs signal a shift to Smoot-Hawley-type protectionism?

Thursday, July 26, 2018

A Jordanian employee paints a handcrafted salver at a Beit al Bawadi ceramics workshop in Amman January 7, 2014. The Beit al Bawadi ceramic workshop was set up by non-profit organisation Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) to provide employment opportunities for Jordanian youths. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA1800K501

Female labor force participation is about more than economics

Mayyada Abu Jaber

Thursday, July 26, 2018