Labor Policy & Unemployment

A worker checks Egypt's first tablet computer "Inar" in Benha May 18, 2013. Egypt has produced its very first tablet computer "Inar", part of a national project to distribute the device to students in schools and universities around the country. The Ministry of Military Production in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications presented the scheme last year to Benha Electronics Company known as 'Katron' to manufacture the tablet. Picture taken May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS EDUCATION) - RTXZZB5

Why the Arab world should employ more women

Monday, February 6, 2017

Residents of the rural town of Prairie visit after a meeting with fire-fighting officials to talk about the Elk Complex and Pony Complex wildfires burning outside Boise

What we know—and don’t know—about the declining labor force participation rate

Eleanor Krause and Isabel V. Sawhill

Friday, February 3, 2017

Hutchins Roundup: Oil prices, labor’s share, and more

Anna Malinovskaya and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Employees work on a printed circuit board

The future of work in the developing world

Laurence Chandy

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Crop scouts and grain buyers survey a wheat field in Leoni, Kansas, May 4, 2016. Picture taken May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Karl Plume - RTX2D0OB

Confirming Team Trump: Ag Secretary pick will affect every American

Monday, January 30, 2017

Hutchins Roundup: Medicaid expansions, minimum wage, and more

Anna Malinovskaya and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, January 18, 2017

Farmers cover plants inside a Chinese farm as China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu visits the area for the Sudan-China Agriculture Cooperation Development Forum in Khartoum, Sudan September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RTSP86O

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Science and the farm

Friday, January 13, 2017

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2017

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

An employee of online retailer Jumia sorts packages for delivery at the company's warehouse in Lagos February 16, 2015. The growth of Africa's middle class has created demand for products that conventional retail struggles to satisfy due to a shortage of malls and grinding traffic in many cities that deters shoppers. The sector is still in its infancy. The internet's contribution to Africa's gross domestic product stood at 1.1 percent in 2013, much lower than other emerging markets. But this could rise to 10 percent, or $300 billion, by 2025, according to a report by consultants McKinsey's & Company. REUTERS/Joe Penney (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT) - RTR4PSUQ

Figures of the week: Sub-Saharan Africa’s labor market in 2017

Wednesday, January 11, 2017