The new Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook report looks at the international powerhouses of tomorrow

Emerging economies are facing the same type of income inequality that recent protests have highlighted in developed countries.

Biofuels are either essential to our energy independence and efforts to combat climate change or a boondoggle that threatens global food security. The World Bank’s Govinda R. Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha analyze this disconnect in “How Much Hope Should We Have for Biofuels?”, which weighs findings from dozens of studies and sources and represents a far-reaching summary of the technology’s potential and tradeoffs.