Good Works

Marina Primorac
Can philanthropy and social entrepreneurship step in where official aid leaves off?

Every Which Way We Can

Dean Karlan
Philanthropy and private investment are increasingly important in the global fight against poverty

Forbes Philanthropy Summit

Learning Laboratory

J. Gregory Dees
Social entrepreneurship offers innovative cost-effective development solutions

Investing in Africa’s own solutions

Point of View: The Power of Cooperation

Bill Clinton
Networks of creative collaboration can transform lives

Clinton on his foundation's work

China Prompting Western Creativity

Nick Bloom, Mirko Draca, and John Van Reenen
Chinese manufacturing exporters are capturing low-skill production but driving high-skill innovation in the West

When Commodity Prices Surge

Gaston Gelos and Yulia Ustyugova
A price spike is likely to have more impact on countries with already high inflation levels and weak institutions

Commodity price swings

Spend or Send

Rabah Arezki, Arnaud Dupuy, and Alan Gelb
Developing countries can spend commodity windfalls on physical investment, but it may be better in the short run to distribute part of them to their citizens

Managing oil wealth in Africa

Fair Share

Francesca Bastagli, David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta
Fighting income inequality with redistributive social spending has been more effective in advanced than in developing economies

Why inequality is growing

Straight Talk: Rethinking Sustainable Development

Nemat Shafik
A new development agenda needs to be truly global, relevant to all, and realistic in assigning responsibilities

A Relative Question

Martin Ravallion
The developing world is reevaluating what it means to be poor

Sheltered from the Storm

Bas B. Bakker and Christoph Klingen
Europe’s central, eastern, and southeastern countries have been largely insulated from the ongoing euro area crisis, but that could change quickly

Reconfiguring Growth

Bergljot Barkbu and Jesmin Rahman
To stimulate growth, the euro area must combine aggressive structural reform and policies to promote demand

Japanese Youth Speak Out

Tomoko Kaida, Daisuke Gatanaga, and Kenji Nakada
A student essay contest for Japanese university students, organized by the IMF, the Japanese Ministry of Finance, and the Bank of Japan, asked contestants to write about the global economy and the role of the IMF. Read the three winning submissions.