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November 29, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Initial Reports on Congo Elections Discouraging
A pile of presidential and legislative ballot papers sit unattended on the ground of a compound outside a polling station in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa November 29, 2011. (Finbar…
April 5, 2011
United States
Infrastructure Investment and U.S. Competitiveness
How can the United States improve its aging infrastructure to maintain its global economic competitiveness? Four experts offer their suggestions and discuss the implications of inaction.
December 29, 2011
Guest Post: Kate Collins on Five Hot Spots to Watch in Africa in 2012
Children show burnt election ballots outside a polling station in Kinshasa on November 29, 2011. (Emmanuel Braun/courtesy Reuters) In recent months, the news out of sub-Saharan Africa has often been…
September 16, 2013
Monetary Policy
Why the Labor Data Point to a September Fed Taper
The August “jobs report is an important reminder that all this tapering talk is insane and dangerous,” pronounced Slate economics writer Matt Yglesias, reflecting the consensus of the econo-commen…
August 26, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ebola in the Congo
The health minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Kabange Numbi, has announced an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the remote Equateur province. Two cases have been confirmed by …
