Workforce Development

Employees sort packages at the Amazon distribution center warehouse in Saran, near Orleans, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RTSST5B

TechTank

Technology adoption powers shift in retail landscape

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

TechTank

Disrupting work and workers in the age of cognitive computing systems

Kevin C. Desouza, Gregory S. Dawson, and Bryce A. Santiago

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTSXJ5W

U.S. Politics & Government

Who runs the world? Mid-level bureaucrats.

Hady Amr and Scott Lasensky

Monday, April 17, 2017

A worker welds steel bars at a construction site for a new train station in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, December 6, 2012. Annual growth in China's factory output, investment and retail sales may have gained pace in November thanks to recent pro-growth policies, a Reuters poll showed, reducing the chances for further policy support as inflation picks up. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Global Development

Addressing the accelerating labor market dislocation from digitalization

Roger Burkhardt and Colin I. Bradford

Monday, March 20, 2017

Reports

A worker climbs up to a pillar of a metro railway under construction in Kolkata February 9, 2015. Taken at face value India will post robust quarterly growth figures on Monday, but changes in the way Asia's third largest economy is measured has left analysts and the government's own chief economic advisor doubting how far the data can be trusted. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORT)

Global Development

Proposal to accelerate social mobility: Incentivizing greater private investment in the skill development of 21st century workers

Colin I. Bradford and Roger Burkhardt

Monday, March 20, 2017

Youth Opportunity (YO!) Academy studens (L-R) Samira Gardner, Ray Allan, Rashia Gerald and Khaalid Brooks sit in front of a wall at the Westside Youth Opportunity Center in Baltimore March 9, 2011. The 15 percent unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds in March was more than double the rate for those over age 55, according to Labor Department data. Picture taken March 9, 2011. To match Feature AGING/CONFLICT REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) - RTR2KYIB

Workforce Development

Renew the federal commitment to high-quality summer youth employment programs

Martha Ross and Richard Kazis

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Campaigns & Elections

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2016

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Emerging Markets

G20: From crisis management to policies for growth

Zia Qureshi

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Emerging Markets

The post-crisis growth slowdown in emerging economies and the role of structural reforms

Zia Qureshi, Jose L. Diaz-Sanchez, and Aristomene Varoudakis

Monday, June 15, 2015

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Employment by race and place: snapshots of America

Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes

Monday, February 27, 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

Africa in focus

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

Mariama Sow

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

United Auto Workers union member assembly worker Ingrid Hill works on a Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle at General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan July 27, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR2PCOM

The Avenue

Maladjusted: It’s time to reimagine economic ‘adjustment’ programs

Mark Muro and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

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Experts

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Multimedia

Order from Chaos

Why U.S. leadership on trade and investment is a linchpin of the international liberal order

Penny Pritzker

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Cities & Regions

We Need to Change the Way We Think about Infrastructure in America

Robert Puentes and Fred Dews

Friday, June 6, 2014

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