By Karim El Aynaoui and Otaviano CanutoWASHINGTON, DC — To spur development and fight climate change, emerging-market and developing economies (EMDEs) will need huge amounts of investment in green infrastructure over the next few decades.

By Todd G. Buchholz and Michael MindlinSAN DIEGO  —  Between 1980 and 2000, America’s National Basketball Association added six teams, while the National Football League and Major League Baseball added four each. How many medical schools did the United States add?

By Gautam Nair and Federico SturzeneggerCAMBRIDGE  —  As developing countries confront a new era of elevated inflation, rising interest rates, a stronger dollar, and capital outflows, some governments stand to benefit from a little-noticed bonanza.

By Raghuram G. Rajan and Viral AcharyaCHICAGO/NEW YORK  —  The malfunctioning of the government bond market in a developed economy is an early warning of potential financial instability.

By Izabella Teixeira, Ana Toni and Laurence TubianaBRASÍLIA  —  Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change.

By Gernot Wagner and Tom BrookesNEW YORK  —  Economists are supposed to be good at understanding risk. Decision-making in the face of uncertainty, after all, is the discipline’s bread and butter.

By Andrei Kolesnikov and Denis VolkovMOSCOW  —  The West and the Kremlin have one thing in common: both like to point out that Russian President Vladimir Putin has an 80 per cent approval rating, and opinion polls have consistently shown that a majority of Russians supp

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By Joyce Banda, Danilo Türk and Jorge QuirogaEDINBURGH  —  Global Education is in crisis. Today, nearly 300 million children do not go to school, and 800 million young people will leave school without any qualifications.