Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year

January 2013—Just keeping pace with projected global GDP growth will require an estimated $57 trillion in infrastructure investment between now and 2030. Practical steps can reduce infrastructure spending by 40 percent—an annual saving of $1 trillion—by boosting productivity. more

Rethinking infrastructure: A megaproject executive’s view

March 2013—Fahd Al-Rasheed—CEO and managing director of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City megaproject, on the shores of the Red Sea—describes the scope of and vision behind the building of a new city the size of Washington, DC, for a projected two million inhabitants.more

Education to employment

January 2013—Young people can't find jobs. Yet employers can't find people with the right entry-level skills. How can governments, educators, and businesses begin to close this gap?more

Education to employment: Designing a system that works

January 2013—Young people can’t find jobs. Yet employers can’t find people with the right entry-level skills. How can we close this gap?

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Balancing wealth and the public good: An interview with the COO of Abu Dhabi’s development company

September 2010—Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi discusses Mubadala’s double bottom line, bridging investment and development.more

Daniel Yergin on the future of global energy

March 2012—The Pulitzer Prize–winning author and global energy expert sees rising demand from the East spurring innovation.more

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Toward a well-governed Africa

June 2010—A democratic, prosperous, and peaceful Africa is now within sight.more

Checking Africa’s vital signs

June 2010—A familiarity with Africa’s demographics, economics, and business climate is essential to considering future trajectories of growth. more

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Innovation in government: Kenya and Georgia

September 2011—Two developing countries show how a willingness to take bold risks can make government services better and cheaper.more

Lars H. Thunell on encouraging private-sector investing in emerging markets

June 2012—The departing head of the International Finance Corporation discusses its mission to improve the lives of the world’s poor.more

Global cities of the future: An interactive map

June 2012—Explore the cities and emerging urban clusters that will drive dramatic growth and demographic changes over the next generation.more

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Developing entrepreneurship among the world’s poorest

March 2009—Acumen Fund founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of social-sector entrepreneurship in an excerpt from her new book, The Blue Sweater. A video interview with the author takes you behind the book.more

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The case for investing in Africa

June 2010—The continent is now growing much more rapidly than the OECD nations. It may well be on the cusp of a reversal of fortunes.more

Making the most of Chinese aid to Africa

June 2010—It’s time to move beyond sterile arguments and accept China’s role in Africa. But it’s also time for China to enhance that role.more

Three practical steps to better health for Africans

June 2010—A new model to make care more accessible to Africa’s people is not only possible but affordable.more