We know that the end of the era of impunity for corrupt leaders may not come today, tomorrow or the next day, but collaborative endeavors reflect the international community's will to curb economic abuse and support critical national-led efforts to promote good governance and fight corruption.

Be prepared for bad news from Europe for the rest of the year. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is being asked to represent her country, and Europe as a whole. She simply cannot do both.

Last Friday was Robert B. Zoellick's last day as president of the World Bank Group. While he may leave many legacies behind, perhaps one that stands out is embodied in his commencement address for RAND Graduate School: "Getting Stuff Done."

While future commentaries will chronicle Robert B. Zoellick's acts and deeds, it is worth pausing, this weekend, as he completes his last major world forum as president, to recall the initiative he launched at his first major world forum.

On Friday, President Obama took two important steps with respect to the world's premier development agency.

Given the World Bank's focus on poverty, economics and climate, and given Sachs' wealth of experience in all three, there is no better candidate.

During the past two years of the financial crisis, the World Bank has been a global player. The challenge now is to connect global and country actions, harness innovation across a broad front, and promote a development path that is more sustainable.

Food offers this nation the opportunity not only to reconnect once again with its agricultural roots, but to assume a role of visionary leadership.

WASHINGTON — The State Department shot down a report Thursday that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been in discussions with the Wh...

Brazil's biofuel drama is a reminder that solutions packaged in green wrappers fail to scale with billions facing starvation in the Americas, Africa and Asia.

There is no simple solution to the food crisis. What's needed is a combination of carefully chosen and calibrated short and long term measures.

Gold has been having a great run lately. On Nov. 9, it closed at a record high of $1409.80 per ounce. It's being hoarded as the only safe bet in a wor...