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A customs officer redirects a truck at the Yopougon checkpoint in Abidjan June 2, 2008. Ivory Coast authorities recently launched a campaign to crack down on racketeering on the roads and improve traffic. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Africa in Focus

The AfCFTA Country Business Index: Understanding private sector involvement in the AfCFTA

Stephen Karingi and Wafa Aidi

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Up Front

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Future Development

The promise of modern services in traditional economies

Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, and Elwyn Davies

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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Trade in the 21st Century

Edited by Bernard M. Hoekman and Ernesto Zedillo

2021

Growth in a Time of Change

Edited by Hyeon-Wook Kim and Zia Qureshi

2020

Dilemmas of a Trading Nation

By Mireya Solís

2017

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Experts

Joshua P. Meltzer

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Dany Bahar

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Mireya Solís

Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies

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Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies

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Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Podcast Episode

How to improve global supply chains

Darrell M. West and David Dollar

Monday, July 25, 2022

More than 1,000 South Korea-made Daewoo cars are unloaded at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on March 31. The cars will be disassembled and shipped in containers to neighbouring countries.BULGARIA DAEWOO

Podcast Episode

A short history of trade liberalization in developing countries

Douglas A. Irwin and David Dollar

Monday, June 13, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden poses with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he announced the countries that are joining the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework on Monday (May 23) during his visit to Tokyo. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

Podcast Episode

US economic diplomacy in Asia

Susan A. Thornton and David Dollar

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

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More on Global Trade

The Reshuffling Report No. 15: China’s growing prominence in the aviation market and the “space club”

Cheng Li

China-US Focus Friday, August 5, 2022

Abidjan & San Pedro,Ivory Coast, 15,May,2007. Ro-Ro is a specialized vessel for transporting vehicles and containers in the W/Africa ports.

African Growth and Opportunity Act: Program usage, trends, and sectoral highlights

Landry Signé

Monday, August 1, 2022

A man walks past a poster of a bank at a business district in Tokyo March 16, 2009. The Bank of Japan is considering purchasing subordinated debt issued by banks to help bolster their capital, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday, in a move to contain the fallout from the global financial crisis. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN BUSINESS)

25 years since the East Asian financial crisis: 2 forgotten lessons

Homi Kharas

Thursday, July 7, 2022

How to mitigate the impact of the war in Ukraine on commodity markets

John Baffes and Peter Nagle

Friday, July 1, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing, China, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Smarter immigration policies could help alleviate the semiconductor shortage

Greg Wright, Dany Bahar, and Ian Seyal

June 17, 2022

The war in Ukraine triggered a global food shortage

Heinz Strubenhoff

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

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Recent trends in global value chains and beyond

The importance of domestic renewal amid great power competition

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