Early in Is A River Alive?, I openly name the rivers as my co-authors: I simply couldn’t have written the book without them. I did much of my thinking of the book either on or by rivers, ...

Middle East conflict Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them. Special Series ...

Drawing on the development experience and advances in economic analysis since the 1950s, World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” ...