The Amazon stores 120 billion tons of carbon, supports rainfall systems that are critical for regional economies and provides habitat for one-third of the world’s species. Investments to secure the Amazon’s natural capital are an essential step to supporting sustainable infrastructure. Under traditional approaches to infrastructure development, the Amazon’s natural capital is at risk. In […]
By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Jose Antonio Ocampo. Project Syndicate, May 15 2019.
By Richard Kozul-Wright and Kevin P Gallagher. OpenDemocracy and Bretton Woods, May 13 2019.
The GDP Center’s research on the Belt and Road Initiative was recently mentioned in a Nature article entitled, “South America is embracing Beijing’s science silk road.” Nature, May 8 2019.
The GDP Center’s research on the Belt and Road Initiative was recently mentioned in an article entitled, “BRI’s green commitment significant to global development.” Xinhua News, April 26 2019.
GDP Center’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) research was recently cited in a New York Times article entitled, “Is China the World’s Loan Shark?” The New York Times, April 26 2019.
Alvin Camba was quoted in an article entitled, “Manila set to block Chinese bidders from largest shipyard.” Nikkei Asian Review, April 25 2019.
Kevin P. Gallagher was recently quoted in BBC Mundo article, “Por qué China realiza enormes inversiones en el sector eléctrico de Sudamérica y cuáles son los beneficios (y el riesgo) para la región.” BBC Mundo, March 26, 2018.
Kevin Gallagher, Director of the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, recently published a critique and alternative to United States President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Gallagher’s article, entitled “The Trade Strategy We Need,” was published in The American Prospect on October 24, 2018. From the text of […]
Mercury is a global pollutant released into the biosphere by varied human activities including coal combustion, mining, artisanal gold mining, cement production and chemical production. Once released to air, land and water, the addition of carbon atoms to mercury by bacteria results in the production of methylmercury, the toxic form that bioaccumulates in aquatic and […]