Stories: Governance & Access

11 Caribbean Countries Meet to Discuss Freedom of Information Laws in the Region

Research shows that developing countries will need about $531 billion of additional investments in clean energy technologies each year in order to limit global temperature…

Civil Society Groups Help Make Electricity Affordable and Sustainable

Worldwide, one out of every five people lacks access to modern electricity. Affordability, quality of service, and social and environmental impacts…

4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water

The world is on track to become a very different place in the next two decades. Per capita income levels are rising, the global middle class is expanding, and the population is set to hit 8.3 billion people by 2030. At the same time, urbanization…

This post originally appeared on Bloomberg.com.

Farewell, 2012. You Taught Us Much.

This year has been one of those worst-of-years and best-of-years. In its failures, there are signs of hope.

An unprecedented stream of…

From 2001 to 2011, Brazil’s per capita GDP

Why Africa Needs Open Legislatures

This post was co-written with Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the

A Closer Look at China’s Overseas Investment

When it comes to overseas development finance, China is definitely a country to watch.

A number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries recently took a huge step forward in ensuring environmental democracy for their citizens.