The NSO is losing its home — after becoming a world-class orchestra.

District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. Plaintiffs' motion for APA § 705 relief, a preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, summary judgm...

By abandoning past U.S. pro-democracy policies and adopting several lines of pro-autocratic action, the Trump administration has fundamentally repositioned the United States vis-à-vis democracy in the...

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With fiscal pressures mounting and health burdens rising, the IMF is well positioned to elevate health taxes from underused instruments to a central pillar of domestic revenue mobilization, delivering...

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As Europe seeks alternatives to Chinese manufacturing dominance, Africa has a chance to renegotiate its place in the global economy.

The tech bros are worse than the robber barons ever were — and voters are catching on

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CGD's Board of Directors has elected Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, a world-renowned economist and former chief executive of PIMCO, to be the Chair of the Board. He will take up the role on June 18 2026.

The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels

What happens if one leader betrays America’s proudest traditions?

Ajay Banga is shaking up the World Bank's org chart. Kristalina Georgieva wants Europe to take shorter vacations. The annual meetings kick off at an uncertain moment for multilateral cooperation.

he 1993 publication of a World Bank book on the East Asian Miracle explained the extraordinarily rapid growth of Japan and seven other economies of East Asia (at 5 percent a year) between 1965 and 199...

The US–Israel war on Iran has already led to a spike in oil prices. While wealthier countries focus on fuel prices, for those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this could mean something far...

G20 countries have considerable self-interested as well as humanitarian reasons to focus their attention on lifting LICs out of national poverty and toward self-sustaining growth. They also collective...

Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

Proponents of the Advance Market Commitment (AMC) were pleased to see the Washington Post editorial supporting U.S. involvement earlier this week. It is not too late for the U.S. to be a major force i...

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Working as an economist at the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) exposed me to the practical challenges of domestic revenue mobilization. Behind every dataset are real firms, real compliance decisions, a...

“International relations” seems like an oxymoron these days, with diplomacy faint and bombs exploding. Countries that once relied on alliances and negotiation only a decade ago are disregarding the be...

It’s easy to focus on authoritarians and their petty victories. But zoom out and the picture is more encouraging, says the woman who popularised the term ‘mansplaining’, whether it’s in feminism, or t...

The burn, baby, burn compulsion persists amid a fossil fuel crisis

This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” The evidence for such a cl...

When the OECD published its first international student assessment (PISA) in 2000, several countries were taken aback by just how poorly students performed. This “PISA-Shock” prompted comprehensive re...