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Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Martin Ravallion	Urban Poverty Yes, the poor are gravitating to towns and cities, but more rapid poverty reduction will probably require a faster pace of urbanization, not a slower one -- and development policymakers will need to facilitate this process, not hinder it.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Ehtisham Ahmad	Big, or Too Big? Megacities create special issues of governance, funding, and provision of services.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007	What is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities? Economists generally agree that urbanization, if handled well, holds great promise for higher growth and a better quality of life. But the flip side is also true. Here are three expert points of view on different ways to manage things well.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Aziz & Dunaway	China's Rebalancing Act China's economic miracle may be at risk unless the country relies more on domestic consumption.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Prakash Loungani	Topping the Charts Most scholarly articles fall without making a sound in the academic forest. Not ones by Harvard macroeconomist Robert Barro. Here's why.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Salyer & Bloom	The March of the Cities The coming year marks a dramatic milestone: the world's urban population will outstrip its rural population, albeit with big regional variations.
Outside September 2007 Ace Atkins	Shut Up About My Truck Sure, it's big, bad, and thirsty. But I love it, and you can't judge a man by his wheels alone. That macrobiotic sushi wrap you just ate may have generated more emissions than my tailpipe did this week. And we're all entitled to a guilty pleasure or two, my truck, your flat-screen, as long as we do something to pay it back.
IDB America August 2007 Paul Constance	A Biodiesel Odyssey To help raise awareness of the benefits of biofuels, the IDB sponsors the Greaseball Challenge -- a 4,500-mile car trip from Washington to Costa Rica fueled, in part, by kitchen grease.
IDB America August 2007 Peter Bate	Homework: Plant a Tree Schoolchildren lead reforestation effort in a Haitian mountain village.
IDB America August 2007 Daniel Drosdoff	Reaching the Neediest with Health Care In Guatemala, an innovative plan serves patients in rural areas.
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