Over the last decade, China has become an important ally in Chile’s goal of diversifying its energy matrix away from fossil fuels. China’s over-production of solar panels came at an opportune time for Chile, which was looking for new sources of low-emissions electricity after Argentina drastically reduced its gas exports. Solar power is still nascent […]
China has become Brazil’s largest trading partner and the greatest source of export surplus from agricultural goods at $85 billion in 2011, contributing to Brazil’s economic growth and to reducing the country’s vulnerability to external economic crises. In a new working paper, Philip M. Fearnside and Adriano M.R. Figueiredo explore China’s influence on deforestation in […]
China has become an important partner for Bolivia, both diplomatically and economically, having signed over 400 cooperation, aid and loan agreements. The country has also been a small but fast-growing partner, active in Bolivia’s mining sector and set to be Bolivia’s main partner in developing its lithium reserves. Bolivia’s exports to China have been concentrated […]
Over the past decade, China’s economic presence in Argentina has grown significantly. China has become the main export destination for Argentina’s soy products, while Argentina has become an increasingly strategic location for Chinese firms to invest in oil and gas. In a new working paper, Julian Donaubauer, Andrés López and Daniela Ramos examine the social […]
China has recently grown into a major export destination for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, second only to the United States. Over the last decade, China has tripled its market share of total LAC exports, more than tripled its share of extractive exports and doubled its share of agricultural exports. However, as […]
Hannes J. König, Aranka Podhora, Lin Zhen, Katharina Helming, Huimin Yan, Bingzhen Du, Jost Wübbeke, Chao Wang, Julie Klinger, Cheng Chen and Sandra Uthes. Sustainability, April 2015
The rise of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (ODI) over the past decade has been rapid, increasingly significant and often perceived as linked to policy goals of the Chinese central government. However, much of China’s ODI has historically remained local, serving largely as a convenient channel to invest Chinese capital domestically. With regard to energy, […]
By Rachael D. Garrett and Lisa L. Rausch. The Journal of Peasant Studies, May 2015. Read the paper
GEGI co-director Kevin P. Gallagher, teamed up with economist Ilene Grabel to co-edit a special issue of the acclaimed Review of International Political Economy on capital controls and the global financial crisis. It has been well documented by economists and the International Monetary Fund that many countries were able to avoid the worst of the crisis by […]
By Kevin Gallagher. November 2014. Read the Paper