Global Economy

Indian rupee banknote

The mess and the ‘masala’ in middle-income debt markets

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Competition challenges in the digital economy

Karim Foda and Nirav Patel

Thursday, June 28, 2018

People are reflected on the glass as they read a board showing the Real-U.S. dollar and several foreign currencies exchange rates in Rio de Janeiro Brazil June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes - RC1696A6B060

10 years later: 4 fiscal policy lessons from the global financial crisis

Ivailo Izvorski

Monday, June 25, 2018

Oil rigs and platforms are seen at Maracaibo's lake near the western city of Maracaibo January 2, 2008. Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia (VENEZUELA) - GM1DWYLFIRAA

Figures of the week: Per capita growth and fiscal balances in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, June 22, 2018

Recent refugee from Syria Sandy Khabbazeh buys pom-poms and face paint at a dollar store before going to a football game in Oakland, New Jersey, November 20, 2015. Picture taken November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - GF20000072467

Why accepting refugees is a win-win-win formula

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Beijing

Meet the five urban Chinas

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

A glass of SABMiller's flagship brew, Castle Lager is seen at a bar in Cape Town, South Africa November 10, 2015. SABMiller Plc last week extended the deadline for rival Anheuser-Busch InBev to make a formal $100 billion-plus takeover offer to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, in order to finalise shareholder support for the deal. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF20000053400

Figures of the week: African and global FDI inflows weaken in 2017

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte waves as he arrives with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile - RC1AFEEA6610

“The people vs. finance”: Europe needs a new strategy to counter Italian populists

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Ships which are currently under construction, are seen at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. The port of Ulsan was the cradle of South Korea's breakneck industrialization. Now, the main production site for big manufacturers such as Hyundai Motor and oil refiner SK Innovation risks becoming the country's rust belt. Picture taken May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - GF10000102783

Sustaining the global expansion

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Gulaban, 25, mother of three, climbs into a 60-tonne truck, during a training session of the Female Dump Truck Driver Programme, held by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), in Islamkot, Tharparkar, Pakistan September 21, 2017. Picture taken September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RC14E23BF690

How to boost female employment in South Asia

Martin Rama and Ana Revenga

Tuesday, June 12, 2018