WASHINGTON: China set a new world record this year, surpassing the United States as the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 from power generation, according to new data from the Center for Global Development (CGD). But on a per capita basis, U.S. power-sector emissions are still nearly four times those of China.

I am keen to let readers know about some of the more interesting development and international political research going on in the newest crop of academics. If you think your dissertation topic might be of interest to blog readers, send me your best chapter or paper. Here's a guide: Yes, please send papers on:Economic developmentPolitical change and conflictForeign relationsHumanitarian aidBehavioral economics Please, please, for the love of Jove, no:American politicsFinancial market derivativesU.S. credit crisisPost-post-post-modern critiques ...

If you're not a black person, suppose you were. Suppose you were also born in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, which was already in poverty before it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. So you sought to better your life by getting a job in Chicago. But then US government officials forced you not to take the job, because DNA tests proved that you are not closely related to any white person. If we'd had DNA ...

Less cheery economic prospects for AfricaBecause they have not diversified and agricultural performance has been weak, Sub-Saharan Africa's poorest economies are locked in a poverty trap from which it will take many decades to escape.Some of the complacency about Africa's economic prospects is starting to evaporate as evidence of a global economic slowdown mounts. For example, in its 2008 report on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) warns that ...

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is expected to quit rather than face impeachment, Pakistani politicians said.

Fertility rates worldwide have been on the decline for many years, the result of a steady decrease in desired family size. But more often than not, fertility rates have not fallen as quickly as desired family size, as access to contraceptives has not kept pace with increasing demand. Consequently, more than 75 million pregnancies each year are unintended, finds “Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their Costs: Contraception and Unintended Pregnancies in Africa and Eastern Europe & ...

The Doha Round of international trade negotiations collapsed yesterday and prospects for reviving it are dim. A key factor in the collapse was reportedly the insistence by developing countries, led by India and China, that they need maximum flexibility to protect their agricultural sectors for food security reasons and to protect subsistence farmers. In the end, a more fundamental reason seems to have been that India and China are growing rapidly and had little interest ...

A subcommittee of the U.S. Congress has just approved a bill that would let modestly more foreign nurses work in the United States. New York Times reporters are concerned that measures like this, by encouraging movement of nurses out of developing countries that need them, could literally kill children. Today, the World Health Organization agrees that health worker movements contribute to disease and death in poor countries. Should you be outraged at our government? Should ...

IFPRI’s HarvestChoice Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and jointly implemented by IFPRI and the University of Minnesota seeks to fill a Research Assistant/Senior Research Assistant (RA/SRA) position for its ...

Details are surfacing on the Internet side of the Russian and Georgian hostilities. Researchers studying botnets report an increase in attacks.

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“How long are you here this time?” is a question I get asked most meetings. I’m a little embarrassed to say. Just 16 days. As a researcher, what can you accomplish in two weeks (and change)? You barely have time to get out of the capital. Or get your head around anything but the most superficial economics and politics. Make a meaningful discovery? Dispense policy advice? Hardly. Granted, I’m here just to set up and ...

Contrary to recent findings by the Central Bank of Iran, Brookings Djavad Salehi-Isfahani argues poverty rates in Iran are not high when compared to international standards for developing countries, nor do they appear to be rising. However, income inequality is on the rise and poses a challenge to President Ahmadinejad in his 2009 re-election bid.

Foundation Overview Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s ......

Duties and Accountabilities The Program Assistant will support a range of office tasks but primarily provide administrative support to the Sector Manager (SM) and to several TTLs working on different projects. ...