By Naomi Frim-Abrams On October 23, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Nina Brooks, Core Faculty Member of HCI at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and Assistant Professor of Global Health with the Boston University School of Public Health, as part of the 2024 Fall HCI Research Seminar Series, to present her […]
By Praveena Bandara With Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing giants like Jetour announcing plans to establish EV assembly plants in Mexico by the end of 2024, it is a critical time for Mexico to revisit its past success with the automotive industry. This can inform future decisions and help develop mutually beneficial strategies with respect […]
Since the early 1990s, Mexico has been on a path of increasing export re-specialization, the sequential shift in a country’s exporting pattern from diversification to specialization in more technology and capital-intensive products. This is an unexpected phenomenon, as export re-specialization is typically experienced by advanced economies. In a new working paper, Praveena Bandara examines why […]
By Rebecca Ray Representatives from governments and civil society from around the world are gathering in Cali, Colombia this month for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16). They will take stock of progress and recommit to the goal of preserving global biodiversity through the Kunming-Montreal […]
By Maureen Heydt The global community is running out of time and falling behind on financing shared climate and development goals, with the United Nations warning that 85 percent of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are either off track, stagnant or regressing. Likewise, efforts to limit a global temperature increase to 1.5C consistent with […]
The global community is running out of time and falling behind on financing shared climate and development goals, with the United Nations warning that 85 percent of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are either off track, stagnant or regressing. The economic and social costs of inaction will be catastrophic. Multilateral development banks (MDBs) […]
By Justin Yifu Lin, Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu The Bretton Woods system, established 80 years ago in July 1944, is in need of an update. Even though numerous countries in the Global South have demanded reforms to make the system fit-for-purpose in the 21st century, progress has so far been slow. A case in […]
By Tim Hirschel-Burns The 2024 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings will take place from October 21-27 in Washington, D.C. amid severe debt distress, lagging efforts to align global economic governance with modern realities, and a ticking clock to keep global climate and development goals alive. Several policy issues with important implications for […]
By Jiaqi Lu The exchange of knowledge, technology and resources among developing countries through South-South cooperation has been crucial in driving green development forward. Over the past two decades, China has emerged as a key player in South-South cooperation through its development initiatives, including development finance and recent support for renewable energy. A new special […]
The systemic impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are evolving profoundly, highlighting the vulnerability of public systems and governance capabilities in developing countries under multidimensional challenges. From a regional perspective, developing countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions are facing the dual challenges of development and climate change. At the same […]