List of Economic Development articles
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Rickshaws drive past a campaign billboard for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and other party candidates along a road in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on Feb. 8. What Nigeria’s Next President Can Learn From China
The country’s hope lies in the example of a rapidly reforming China at the turn of the 1980s.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2022. China’s Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
China can make friends or break legs. It can’t do both.
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Sri Lankan construction workers along a road in Colombo. China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere
Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy is a “shadow of its former self.”
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An employee of Deutsche ReGas watches a tugboat pull a floating storage and regasification unit into a new import terminal for natural gas in Lubmin, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2022. Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry
Rich countries are pursuing energy security at the rest of the world’s expense.
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The Xiongan New Area in north China's Hebei province What the Cities of the Future Will Look Like
They’re smart, high tech—and possibly determining the future of diplomacy.
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Kashmir-Chenab-railway-bridge-IMG_5459 How India’s New Bridge to Kashmir Divided a Region
Kashmiris fear an expensive infrastructure project will mean more military domination and demographic change.
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Protestor standing in front of a river, holding a sign against the Amazon River Club Development. Amazon’s New Africa HQ Pits Indigenous South Africans Against Each Other
The planned development will bring jobs, but raises questions about who speaks for Khoi and San peoples, what is sacred, and how to commemorate injustice.
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An image of Alexander the Great on horseback fighting the Battle of Issus. What China Can Learn From Japan—and Alexander the Great
It’s time for Beijing to reexamine its long-standing sense of purpose.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on the Global Gateway at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Europe Is Trying (and Failing) to Beat China at the Development Game
The EU’s much-hyped Global Gateway is just old wine in new bottles, critics say.
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U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a photo with African leaders during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington on Dec. 15, 2022. How Africa Can Avoid Getting Scrambled
African leaders must be more imaginative and proactive in pooling their efforts and setting the agenda.
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A man wears a protective mask and looks at his phone as he rests on a pedestrian bridge overlooking an expressway. China’s Restive Middle Class Will Be Xi’s Greatest Test Yet
Middle-class people, it turns out, have limited patience for things like intrusive social monitoring and censorship of personal expression.
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Jiang Zemin stands in the Rose Garden of the White House. Jiang Zemin Helped China Become a Global Powerhouse
With a steady hand—and some willingness to face criticism—he ushered China into the world economy.
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Living quarters are flooded in Bangui, Central Africa Republic The Obvious Climate Strategy Nobody Will Talk About
Economic development is the only proven path to climate resilience.
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Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang attends the Paris Peace Forum. Equatorial Guinea Is Everything Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy
Washington can’t keep getting fooled by dictators.
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A man walks in front of signage at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 3. The Battle to Save Ukraine’s Economy From the War
A top European bank chief weighs in on how to bankroll Ukraine for the war, and reconstruction, ahead.
