Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the 'haves'...

In "Common Wealth", Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The New York Times bestseller "The End of Poverty" offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and...

Background: Global environmental and social research strengthens the protection of people and the environment, develops national capacity for social and environmental management and enables significant progress in terms of transparency, accountability, nondiscrimination and public participation....