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Can Ramaphosa do it?
By Andrew Donaldson - May 28, 2019 - Last updated at May 28, 2019 23:49
CAPE TOWN — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa led his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party to a comfortable victory in the cou ...
Putting Africa’s secondary cities first
By Ibrahim Assane Mayaki - May 27, 2019 - Last updated at May 27, 2019 23:38
JOHANNESBURG — In the latest Mercer Quality of Living City Rankings, the highest-ranked African city, Port Louis, Mauritius, comes in at 83r ...
Central America’s besieged women
By Lauren Hendricks - May 27, 2019 - Last updated at May 27, 2019 00:05
WASHINGTON, DC — Across Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, women who seek to escape poverty by launching small businesses often find that ...
Modern monetary disasters
By Sebastián Edwards - May 23, 2019 - Last updated at May 23, 2019 23:47
LOS ANGELES — Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a seemingly new approach to economic policy, has become a hot topic, gaining support from leadin ...
Explaining inflation inertia
By Carmen M. Reinhart - May 22, 2019 - Last updated at May 22, 2019 00:02
CAMBRIDGE — The stubbornness of inflation continues to challenge and mystify central bankers worldwide. ...
The anatomy of Spain’s political paralysis
By Tano Santos - May 16, 2019 - Last updated at May 16, 2019 00:01
NEW YORK — Having won last month’s election with 123 of 350 parliamentary seats, Spain’s Socialists, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, wi ...
An agenda for Europe’s next decade
By Jan Peter Balkenende - May 12, 2019 - Last updated at May 12, 2019 23:30
AMSTERDAM — The European Union has spent much of the past decade managing crises, and has even faced a possible threat to its continued exis ...
May's Conservatives battle Brexit ballot bloodbath
By Edouard Guihaire - May 12, 2019 - Last updated at May 12, 2019 23:29
BRISTOL, United Kingdom — British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives are facing a battering at this month's European Parliament elec ...
Creative disruption in healthcare and education
By Stephanie von Friedeburg - May 12, 2019 - Last updated at May 12, 2019 00:01
WASHINGTON, DC — Governments are often more eager to invest in physical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and airports, than in human c ...
The time has come for a global carbon emissions tax
By Mats Persson - May 09, 2019 - Last updated at May 09, 2019 23:04
STOCKHOLM — The problem is staggering, even existential. ...

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