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April 13, 2005

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Economy strong (for now), fiscal deficit not falling (by much)

I have always thought the argument that attributed the widening trade deficit to the absence of growth abroad was a bit deceptive, for the simple reason that in aggregate, growth abroad has been quit…

March 24, 2016

China
Tackling Climate Change Through Agriculture

Emerging Voices highlights new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges from contributing scholars and practitioners. This post is from Dr. D. Michael Shafer, president and founde…

A farmer burns a paddy field in Thailand's Nakhonsawan province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, August 14, 2015 (Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom).

April 22, 2022

Energy and Climate Policy
How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Impact Africa’s Energy Transition

Here are seven ways Russia's invasion of Ukraine could impact Africa’s energy transition.

A child is seen in the foreground of a picture, with smokestacks far off in the distance.

October 19, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Feeding the World, Saving the Planet

Farmers work in a field of a collective farm in the area damaged by recent floods and typhoons in South Hwanghae province. (Damir Sagolj/Courtesy Reuters) Appropriately enough, Halloween this year b…

Feeding the World, Saving the Planet

February 23, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
In Nigeria’s Plateau State, Christian Muslim Killings Continue

A sign is seen at a police check point near the main market following recent violent clashes in Nigeria's central city of Jos February 15, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) With the atrocitie…

In Nigeria’s Plateau State, Christian Muslim Killings Continue