August 11, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Each year donors spend billions of dollars on agricultural research initiatives in developing countries in the fight to end hunger. Yet do these well-meaning efforts have the unintended consequence of imposing solutions from the top down?

We know Venice is sinking. What about Chicago, which accounts for about 234 square miles of land?

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Convenings of experts call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know. These "knowledge gaps," it turns out, are especially prevalent in the urban domain.

In promoting economic renewal in industrial heartland regions, leaders must avoid language that condemns these regions and their citizens to passivity.

More than any other large American city, Chicago has depended on immigrants to offset the sluggish growth of its native-born population. The decline in immigration will destabilize Chicago's population.

City leaders must ensure full transparency and public control of data and infrastructure when partnering with tech vendors on smart city solutions.

A decades-old rivalry between Eritrea and the TPLF risks derailing Ethiopia’s peace deal.

What is a global city? In the age of globalization, these cities and their corporations, universities, media, and culture run the global economy.