By Nana Akufo-Addo and Jakaya KikweteACCRA — The severe impact that the COVID-19 pandemic, the global food and fuel crises, and climate change have had on the learning experience of millions of children worldwide, especially those in lower-income countries, has underscored the ne

By Barry Eichengreen and Poonam GuptaBERKELEY/NEW DELHI — On December 1, India assumed the presidency of the G-20. It is not exactly a propitious time to take on the role. A global economic slowdown is coming.

By Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Bill Hare, and Johan RockströmBERLIN — The Paris climate agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C is in the headlines again.

By Amadou Hott and Mark Malloch-BrownNEW YORK — Africa bears virtually no responsibility for the greenhouse-gas emissions driving the climate crisis. It is not responsible for the conflicts or supply-chain disruptions that have driven global inflation.

By Ishac Diwan and Philippe Le HouérouPARIS — The sovereign-debt crisis was high on the agenda at this year’s Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with all eyes on China, the biggest creditor to the developing world, and the Internatio

By Manuel Muñiz and Samir SaranMADRID/NEW DELHI — Future historians may well mark the second half of March 2023 as the moment when the era of artificial intelligence truly began.

By Nate D.F. Allen and Nanjira Sambuli WASHINGTON, DC/NAIROBI — Last year, Google’s Equiano undersea cable began conveying terabytes of data per second to and from African shores.

By Olivia White and Jonathan Woetzel SAN FRANCISCO — Global trade still conjures images of giant container ships. But our world has changed. The transport of physical goods across borders is no longer the only, or even the primary, driving force behind global integration.

By Ralph Gonsalves, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, and Wavel RamkalawanKINGSTOWN/APIA/VICTORIA — It is too early to tell whether all the talk about reforming development finance at this year’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings will translate into meaningful