Global Economy

Trucks queue as their drivers undergo health screening, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Namanga one stop border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Kenya, May 12, 2020. Picture taken May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Figures of the week: Regional integration in Africa

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump adjusts his jacket while standing in the Colonnade of the White House after a Rolling to Remember ceremony honoring the nations veterans and prisoners of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 22, 2020. Trump didn't wear a face mask during most of his tour of Ford Motor Co.'s ventilator facility Thursday, defying the automaker's policies and seeking to portray an image of normalcy even as American coronavirus deaths approach 100,000. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Pool/Sipa USA No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The decline in America’s financial supremacy just got faster

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A vegetables seller waits for customers at Bara taxi rank, during a nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Soweto, South Africa, April 23,2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to shore up incomes for informal sector workers

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A building and a sculpture are reflected on glass in a wealthy neighborhood, during a general quarantine imposed due to a surge of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Santiago, Chile May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Financing and debt management for emerging market economies

José Antonio Ocampo

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Trade Policy Review 2019: Suriname

By World Trade Organization WTO

2020

A worker is seen sampling packaged phosphate at a packing warehouse at the Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

The African Continental Free Trade Area and measures to facilitate trade could significantly mitigate COVID-19’s economic impact in Africa

Nassim Oulmane, Mustapha Sadni Jallab, and Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba

Friday, May 22, 2020

Migrant workers clean fields amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Salinas Valley near Salinas, California, U.S., March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Less gratitude, please. How COVID-19 reveals the need for migration reform

Friday, May 22, 2020

Employees inspect the production of hand sanitizers in Cormart factory as the company steps up production of hand sanitizers to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to reduce income loss for formal sector employees

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Thursday, May 21, 2020

A woman sells fried chicken at her open stall along a street, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nairobi, Kenya April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Impact of COVID-19 on micro, small, and medium businesses in Uganda

Corti Paul Lakuma and Nathan Sunday

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 27, 2019. Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS

Playing with fire: Italy, China, and Europe

Giovanna De Maio

May 2020