Meeting tomorrow's energy needs for the world's most densely populated country.

The Burmese government failed to adequately respond to a cyclone that struck the country last week, while the world chose to respond and point out the problems within the country.

The international community has hailed the past five years as exceptionally good economic times for Latin America. In this report the Inter-American Development Bank goes beyond initial perceptions to examine whether Latin America's macroeconomic performance and fundamentals are as sound as they appear at first sight. The report's aim is to present an alternative perspective in order to precipitate a useful and necessary debate.

Global cement production grew significantly from 1970 to 2005, with the vast majority of the growth occurring in developing countries. In terms of CO2 emissions, cement production is the most important activity in the non-metallic minerals category. This paper sets out some of the initial data collected for a separate IEA analysis report on the energy demand, CO2 emissions and CO2 emission reduction opportunities in the cement industry.

Why smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world’s greatest environmental opportunity

Naresh Fernandes examines the discrepancy that exists between the glowing reports of a booming Indian economy and increasing wealth versus the reality that most citizens of India live in poverty. Fernandes writes that Indian media cater more to the aspirations of the elite through aggressive advertising campaigns rather than acting as “the fourth pillary of democracy.”

This Guardian article offers a glimpse into the lifestyles of Russia's super-rich by examining a new housing development for the country's elites.

The speed of vehicle ownership expansion in emerging market and developing countries has important implications for transport and environmental policies, as well as the global oil market. This paper contributes to the debate by building a model that explicitly models the vehicle saturation level as a function of observable country characteristics: urbanization and population density.

As part of the China project, Washington Post takes a detailed look at social and economic factors reshaping China's traditional families.

The US House of Representatives' Joint Economic Committee looks at the long-term viability of India's susained economic growth, in comparison to its peers.  

The Wall Street Journal chronicles the effects of China's rush to capitalism in this series of front-page articles from 2006.

In the Boston Review, Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee analyzes why development economics has done such a poor job of prescribing growth policies.

In the Boston Review, Nancy Birdsall discusses the effect of economic inequality on development promotion and globalization.

Morgan Stanley’s David Rubinowitz, Executive Director of Planning Solutions, offers advice to families on teaching wealth management and investing to new generations.

This study empirically estimates the saturation rate of vehicle ownership for different countries, by formalizing the idea that saturation levels may be different across countries.

In Prospect, Will Hutton and Meghnand Desai debate China's future.

The McKinsey Global Institute has published a paper on future energy demand.

Rebublican representative of Arizona for the United States House of Representatives Jim Colby writes about the collapse of the Doha trade round last month. The concept of the Doha trade round is that trade in conjuction with foreign aid can lead to prosperity in the developing world.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace takes a look at Syria's path of economic and political reform.

Viji Rangaswami argues for the Carnegie Endowment that the U.S. should provide open access for least developed country exports, which would yield real benefits to the global poor and allow the U.S. to reclaim its leadership position in the struggling WTO round.