China and international development: six things to read in October Insight | 30 October 2018 | Linda Calabrese Covering debt (a key theme in the commentary around last month’s China-Africa summit) as well as trends in Chinese manufacturing investment. Read and comment
Asia in 2025: development prospects and challenges for middle-income countries Research reports and studies | September 2018 | Ganeshan Wignaraja, Judith Tyson, Annalisa Prizzon and Dirk Willem te Velde This report examines the economic outlook for Asia up to 2025 and offers recommendations for donors working with the region's middle-income countries. Downloads
Tackling the governance of economic transformation Briefing papers | September 2018 | David Booth Policies to move African economies from growth to transformation are urgently needed, but are they feasible, given typical political-economic constraints? Downloads
Africa 10 years after the global financial crisis: what we’ve learned Comment | 11 September 2018 | Dirk Willem te Velde To prepare for future shocks, African economies must diversify. International aid, better global financial regulation, and targeted finance can all help. Read and comment
Skill needs for the future Research reports and studies | August 2018 | Karishma Banga and Dirk Willem te Velde This paper aims to identify skills needed in the context of the labour market's digitalisation. Downloads
Kenya–UK trade and investment relations: taking stock and promoting exports to the UK Research reports and studies | July 2018 | Aarti Krishnan, Dirk Willem te Velde and Anzetse Were This report explores trends in UK–Kenya trade and proposes policies to halt the decline in the value and market share of Kenya's exports to the UK. Downloads
Public finance and development: four things to read in July Insight | 19 July 2018 | Mark Miller What Brexit and the NHS can teach us about the limits of fiscal transparency, and other recent must-reads in the public finance and development world. Read and comment
Kick-starting economic transformation in Rwanda: four policy lessons and their implications Briefing papers | June 2018 | David Booth, Linda Calabrese and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi If Rwanda is to succeed in its economic transformation endeavour, it must learn key policy lessons from international experience. Downloads
Green fiscal policy Page | June 2018 Developing a greater understanding of how governments can transform fiscal policy to support social and environmental objectives. Find out more
Should donors pay taxes in the countries they support? Comment | 30 May 2018 | Iain Steel Is donors' insistence on taxation exemption good, bad or inconsequential for development outcomes? Read and comment
