Examines the emergence, or re-emergence, of a large number of nations as partners and donors in international development, from global powers such as Brazil, China and India, to Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, to former socialist states such as Poland and Russia

A Development Emergency: the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor...

Renewable energy can play a vital role in sustainable energy future and to address the climate change. Investment in renewable energy in the upper middle-income countries (UMIC), a major contributor to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, can be an important part of recovery from climate...