LIBREVILLE/LOS ANGELES—Africa is facing one of the world's great energy windfalls. The continent holds roughly 125 billion barrels of confirmed oil reserves...

NEW DELHI—This week, delegates from around the world will gather in New York to negotiate the proposed United Nations Framework Convention...

TOWNSHEND, VERMONT—Three prominent economists, Peter Ireland, Stephen Miran, and Nouriel Roubini, have just published a paper intended to influence Kevin Warsh, the new chair...

ABUJA—Global health financing has long reflected good intentions but flawed incentives, with donor countries setting priorities and recipient governments learning...

NAIROBI—In the lexicon of development, few words sound as reassuring as "graduation," which suggests progress past critical milestones and an...

NEW DELHI—During the seven years I served as chief economic adviser to the government of India and as chief economist...

By Justice Winner, senior account manager, IVI PR Justice Winner   Nigeria’s startup ecosystem has entered a new era. Venture...

By Olumide Balogun, director, East & West Africa, Google Twenty-five years ago this July, a single dress changed the way...

CAPE TOWN—The economist Dani Rodrik recently reopened one of development economics' most enduring debates, arguing that developing countries should shift their attention from...

GENEVA—Ever since the discovery of previously undisclosed liabilities revealed the true size of Senegal's public debt, the country's political debate has revolved...