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IMF Lending Returns to Low Levels While the PBOC Continues as the Largest Provider of Currency Swaps: Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, and Barbara Fritz In a world beset by lower growth prospects, unprecedented uncertainty in international Read more
Journal of Globalization and Development Special Issue – Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF Round-Up
The biggest developmental challenge facing the world today is climate change and global warming. For keeping the world below the Read more
Still Constraining Climate Policy: Assessing the Climate-Related Industrial Policy Landscape in Five Figures
By Rachel Thrasher and Praveena Bandara The consensus around the urgent need for climate policy continues to grow. In a Read more
Reviving the Past or Risking the Future? Chinese-Financed Hydropower and the Fate of “Dinosaur Dams”
by Julie Radomski As countries around the world strive to meet their renewable energy targets, large hydroelectric dams are often Read more
India’s Climate Finance Requirements — Steel and Cement Overwhelm Power
By Janak Raj and Rakesh Mohan India faces a pressing challenge of aligning its developmental aspirations with a sustainable and Read more
GDP Center Round-up: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development
By Samantha Igo As a record-breaking heat wave strains energy grids and risks public health across Europe, policymakers, activists and Read more
Are Multilateral Development Banks Big Enough, and How Can We Tell?
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary When governments met for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Read more
Lighting Up Africa: Chinese Development Finance’s Impact on Energy Poverty
By Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu Energy poverty remains a persistent and widespread development challenge across Africa, where more than Read more
FAQs: What Can be Expected from the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development?
By Tim Hirschel-Burns The highly anticipated Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) will take place from June 30 Read more
The Cost of Inaction: Explaining Africa’s Debt Distress in 10 Charts — and Five Fixes for the G20
By Marina Zucker-Marques The African continent holds immense potential for sustainable development. It is rich in renewable energy resources—home to Read more