A roundup of which countries produced and installed the most photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells, which convert the sun's light directly to electricity, in 2008.

The solar energy you haven't heard of is the one best suited to generate clean electricity for generations to come.

The push to get into the solar energy market is having unexpected consequences in China.

Max Boot and Lee Wolosky write that “traveling to the Middle East can be a disconcerting experience. One day you feel as if you're journeying into the future, the next day into the past.”

Yang Guang, director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, says that China and the United States “do not have strategic conflicts” in Africa.

Speaker Donald Kohn discusses the role central banks should have in international financial markets.

John W. Bruns, the senior executive based in China for Boeing’s commercial airplanes division, says Chinese ventures to build large commercial aircraft present both opportunities and challenges for established aerospace firms.

Chinese entry into the manufacturing of commercial vehicles and aircraft has the potential to reshape the competitive landscape in two industries still dominated by G8 nations.

The longstanding rivalry between once-conjoined India and Pakistan takes an economic twist as the countries turn 60.

Oft overlooked beside Chinese mega-investments in Africa, India too is pouring money into the continent. The relationship holds economic and political ramifications.

Wu Yi, vice premier of China, argues for the importance U.S.-China economic links and says that both countries must rise to the challenges associated with globalization.

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.

Romania and Bulgaria have entered a European Union that has stalled at a crossroads, says this commentary from the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The paper discusses the various ways the new EU members will influence policymaking in the EU.

CFR's Jagdish Bhagwati says U.S. must alter its approach to developing nations.

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.

The massive growth of hedge funds has sparked warnings of instability and demands that the industry be regulated. But the fear of hedge funds is overblown, based on a misunderstanding of their role in the international financial system. In reality, hedge funds do not increase risk; they manage it -- and policymakers, rather than clamping down, should make sure hedge funds have the tools to perform this function well.

The Economist Intelligence Unit looks at China's auto sector and thinks that China won't be ready to compete with the United States, European Union, and Japanese for a decade.

This report by Worldwatch Institute discusses the global potential of biofuels for transportation and the implications for sustainable agriculture and energy in the 21st century.