List of Economic Development articles
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Photo by Reuters Rock Star in a Hard Place
Nigeria's high-flying finance minister built Africa's biggest economy. But can she survive her country's turbulent domestic politics?
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-/AFP/Getty Images What Mobutu Did Right
Seventeen years after he fled the country, Mobutu Sese Seko is still being held responsible for the shortcomings of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here's why that view is overly simplistic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 10 Million Sardines in a Sea of Skyscrapers
How sprawling megacities -- from Lagos to Mumbai -- might just save the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Win the Information War against Vladimir Putin
The best antidote to propaganda isn't counterpropaganda. It's access to accurate information.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Ghana’s Democracy Save It from the Oil Curse?
Ghana is one of Africa's big economic success stories. But the discovery of oil has confronted it with some tricky problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Terror Money Crackdown Also Complicates Life for Ordinary Somali-Americans
Rules designed to thwart criminals also disrupt immigrants sending money home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Middle Ground
Critics charge that Venezuela's anti-government protesters almost exclusively represent the middle class. The reality is more complicated -- and revealing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Yellen Didn’t Say
New Fed Chair stays the course, despite criticism that U.S. policies are harming developing economies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Algeria’s New Era
Algeria's long-ruling president is cruising to victory in the polls. But the outside world shouldn't be fooled: The authorities are losing control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Let Me Down Easy
It's bad enough the United States is slashing military aid to Afghanistan. Don't shut off the civilian aid spigot, too.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the U.S. Can Help North Africa’s Democracy Champion
Tunisia has made it farther down the road to democracy than any other Arab Spring country. That means that it deserves hands-on support from the West -- sooner rather than later.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America the Gentle Giant
How the United States can shape the world without boots on the ground and bombs in the air.
