After the recent success of the Regional Roaming Agreement, landmark progress on economic competitiveness and innovation has been achieved in the region.

Børge Brende and Martina Larkin · Euractiv 08 Nov 2019

Global Economic Imbalances

Why the new Governor of the Bank of England will shape the future role of central banks everywhere

As the Bank of England appoints a new Governor, there is speculation over what monetary policies it could implement.

Jagjit Chadha · VoxEU 28 Oct 2019

European Union

Brexit uncertainty is taking a toll on the British economy

Uncertainty is associated with reduced investment and lower productivity, with particularly large effects at highly productive firms most exposed to EU trade.

Laurent Belsie · NBER Digest 24 Oct 2019

United States

Climate change and the rising risk of flooding for the Great Lakes

Like climate change, when it comes to addressing water levels, the biggest hurdles aren’t scientific — they are political, economic and social.

Daniel Macfarlane · The Conversation 21 Oct 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Relaxing planning regulations will not solve the housing crisis – here’s why

How can we solve the housing crisis? A dominant view in urban economics suggests that the solution to the housing crisis of major cities is to relax zoning and other planning regulations,...

Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Michael Storper · VoxEU 03 Oct 2019

China

Explained, the role of China's state-owned companies

As China continues to transition to a market-driven economy, the country's state-owned companies - in their role as deliverers of reform and policy - are becoming more important, even as ...

Amir Guluzade 07 May 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

How more women politicians in Africa can make a real difference

There has been a recent uptick in the number of women in politics in Africa, but how much of a positive impact do they really have?

Susan Dodsworth · The Conversation 27 Feb 2019

International Trade and Investment

The good news on pensions: sustainable equals profitable

It is a myth that socially responsible pension investments and decent returns are mutually exclusive.

Eric Parrado and Enric Sala 07 Feb 2019

India

India’s building more toilets, but what happens ‘after the flush’?

Inadequate sanitation in India leads to premature deaths and huge economic losses every year. The country has built 80 million toilets since 2014, but it has a serious shortage of functio...

Natasha Jamal, Tejpreet Singh Chopra, and Kate Roberts 29 Jan 2019

Infrastructure

How to build a new global architecture

We must take a hard look at the global structures shaping our lives today, writes Sebastian Buckup. Which political pillars are still carrying weight-bearing loads - and which are tumblin...

Sebastian Buckup · Quartz 21 Jan 2019

Africa

What chocolate and batteries can teach us about Globalization 4.0

"In Globalization 4.0, companies that have nothing to do with growing cocoa still capture a disproportionate amount of profits from its end products."

Mark Doumba 20 Jan 2019

Infrastructure

Infrastructure around the world is failing. Here’s how to make it more resilient

Underfunding of critical infrastructure worldwide is hampering economic progress, and exposing businesses and communities to significant risks. Stronger public-private partnerships, proje...

John P. Drzik 16 Jan 2019

Infrastructure

Can digital securities fund an $18 trillion infrastructure gap?

Urbanization across the planet means exploding demand for new infrastructure – but distributed ledger technology promises access to much wider sources of capital that can help fund it.

Peter Lyons 16 Jan 2019

Climate Change

On climate action, Europe must learn from its digital mistakes

When digitalization began to gather pace two decades ago, the political narrative in Europe too often cast it as a threat to jobs - and now Europe lags behind. We must not make the same m...

Werner Hoyer 15 Jan 2019

India

India is building a brand new city from scratch

Gujarat International Finance-Tec City hopes to encourage international investors and take advantage of India’s growing financial services sector.

Joe Myers 20 Dec 2018

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