On Aug. 15, 1947, British colonial rule in South Asia officially ended. The four independent states that eventually emerged in its place — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — all faced urgent ...

MEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fletcher School, the graduate school of global affairs at Tufts University, has launched a STEM-designated track in International and Development Economics (IDE) ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In 2018, Congress passed the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act (BUILD Act), which combined the Overseas Private ...

Nicholas Owen profiles Columbia’s Minouche Shafik, whose career spans international development, central banking, and writing on the social contract It’s not luck that economist Minouche Shafik played ...

By Colleen Goko and Karin Strohecker WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it ...

T he International Economic Development Council (IEDC) has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Awards. These projects and organizations were selected by an esteemed ...

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed in January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that an America First foreign policy is impossible without an Americas-first approach, announcing that the United ...

Economic stories are often built on data. This information can shape how the public understands financial conditions, government policy and business performance. But in our data-saturated information ...