Economic Development

As Sri Lanka shows, when it comes to Chinese debt, small states have agency and great powers have responsibilities.

With democracy still in retreat, it is time to get smart about fighting back.

No country with China’s vast education and public health problems has ever broken out of the ranks of middle-income countries.

Long denominated in cash, payments back to home countries are finally going digital.

Jan. 6 gave the world’s democracies a glimpse of their own mortality, but it can also be a catalyst for revival.

As China’s growth model sputters and Xi Jinping prioritizes repression over reform, China looks unlikely to join the ranks of developed countries.

A dozen wealthy donor states press the United Nations Development Program to investigate allegations that funds were misappropriated from a Russia climate program it managed.

More than other kinds of aid, to get out from under China’s thumb, the continent will need debt financing and private investment.

In defense of our metric for measuring the world’s economic and environmental progress.

A new law meant to keep Chinese telecoms out of American networks threatens to make life impossible for diplomats, aid workers, and the military across much of Africa and Asia.

The Inter-American Development Bank has never been led by a U.S. citizen before.

Peter Marocco, after tumultuous tours at Pentagon and State, is stopping the agency’s newest division in its tracks, critics claim.

Whatever happens in the ongoing protests, the country’s society is increasingly less governable for a dictator.

Land reform isn’t just about compensating white farmers whose land was expropriated. It must secure the property rights of Black farmers, too.

The COVID-19 catastrophe is shrinking remittances from the United States and creating a looming humanitarian disaster.

Across federal agencies, the Trump administration is seeding the government with ideologues meant to advance hard-line policies.

Projections based on economic and development data show an increased risk of internal violence in fragile states driven by rising prices and falling incomes.

Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion planned high-tech city involves forced evictions and vague promises of compensation. The killing of an activist who protested the development has reminded the world how the kingdom handles dissent.

As the Chinese Communist Party embarks on a presumptive goodwill campaign, few in the developing world are falling for it.

As the pandemic reaches the continent, countries from Morocco to Malawi are facing a health crisis and an economic shock.