Outsiders must be a little mystified as to why the Obama administration’s nomination of Jim Young Kim to lead the World Bank has kicked up…
The article presents a speech by development economist Lant Pritchett
delivered in the Belmont First Ward in Belmont, Massachusetts on…
The proximate cause of poverty is low productivity. Poor people are poor because their labor produces too little to adequately feed and…
Why do many countries find it hard to control their budgets? Concern about budget deficits has become a burning political issue in the…
Developing countries traditionally experience pass-through of exchange rate changes that is greater and more rapid than high-income…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…
The candidacy of an African woman, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the World Bank represents a historic opportunity to strengthen the…
Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade, who was defeated at Sunday's elections, drove himself out of office. He was undone with the help of the youth who…
China watchers are waiting to see whether the country has engineered a soft landing, cooling down an overheating economy and achieving a…