POLICY RESEARCH
for a better world.
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe.
Latest Research and Commentary
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Seminar Summary — Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from the Informal Sector: Evidence from Bangladesh
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On October 23, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Nina Brooks, Core Faculty Member of HCI Read more
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Lessons from the Past: The Impact of NAFTA on Mexico’s Export Specialization Pattern
By Praveena Bandara With Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing giants like Jetour announcing plans to establish EV assembly plants in Read more
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Premature Specialization? The Export Re-specialization Pattern of Mexico
Since the early 1990s, Mexico has been on a path of increasing export re-specialization, the sequential shift in a country’s Read more
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From Vicious to Virtuous: Understanding and Re-imagining the Relationships between Debt, Climate and Nature at COP16
By Rebecca Ray Representatives from governments and civil society from around the world are gathering in Cali, Colombia this month Read more
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Stepping on the Scale: The G20 and Raising MDB Ambition for the 2030 Agenda and Beyond
By Maureen Heydt The global community is running out of time and falling behind on financing shared climate and development Read more
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Energizing MDB Financing Capacity: Identifying and Filling Gaps to Raise Ambition for the 2030 Agenda and Beyond
The global community is running out of time and falling behind on financing shared climate and development goals, with the Read more
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Development Beyond Debt: Why Financing Public Assets at Affordable Rates is Key
By Justin Yifu Lin, Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu The Bretton Woods system, established 80 years ago in July 1944, Read more
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GDP Center Round-Up: 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns The 2024 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings will take place from October 21-27 in Read more