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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Is Carbon Tax the Answer to Climate Change Investment Needs in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Latin American and Caribbean countries are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to their varied geography, dependence Read more
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Celebrating the Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines
By Rachel Thrasher and Samantha Igo Established in 2018, the Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines was Read more
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Bangladesh’s Climate Risks and External Debt Tightrope: Safeguarding Sustainability Amid Transition
By Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat, Afrin Mahbub and Zazeeba Waziha Saleh Following the conclusion of the 2025 International Monetary Read more
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Navigating Debt, Development And Disasters: Making Debt Sustainability Analyses Work for Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s external debt servicing record has historically been stellar as a least developed country. The country has comfortably met its Read more
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GDP Center Round-Up: 2025 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns With the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings underway in Washington, D.C. from October Read more
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Book Launch: China and the Global Economic Order
By Kevin P. Gallagher and Gregory T. Chin More than any time since their founding in 1944, the International Monetary Read more
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Reviving Chinese Development Finance in the Global South
The multilateral system is falling short in mobilizing the level and composition of capital flows necessary for countries in the Read more
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The Road to 2030: What Role for Chinese Development Finance?
By Rebecca Ray By 2030, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) other than China must mobilize an ambitious $3 trillion annually Read more