The 2017 update of the China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database shows China’s two global policy banks, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM), are becoming the largest sources of energy finance for governments across the world. The interactive database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, tracks […]
Rare Earth Frontiers, a recent book from Julie Michelle Klinger, is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. Klinger draws attention to the fact that the rare earths we rely on most are […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, was named as the co-chair of the T20 task force on International Financial Architecture for Stability and Development. The T20 is the research and policy advice network for the G20 summit. Co-chairs for the ten T20 task forces were named as G20 […]