Development economics is a new sub-discipline in modern economics. The first generation of development economics is structuralism, focusing on market failures in developing countries and advising their governments to adopt import-substitution strategies for developing modern advanced industries. The second generation of development economics is neoliberalism, focusing on government failures in developing countries and advising their […]
According to World Bank research, about 1 billion people, roughly three times the population of the United States, still lack access to electricity. In poor countries where more sustainable electricity supply has the potential to foster higher economic growth, fossil fuel based power generation remains an attractive option. While multilateral development banks (MDBs) have ‘greened’ […]
As the world’s leading carbon emitter since 2005 and a prominent financier for coal-fired power globally, China plays a pivotal role in the global effort to address climate change. While China has begun a shift away from coal-fired power at home, it has emerged as the largest financier of overseas coal-fired power abroad. Why has […]
Energy is the lifeblood of the global economy, critical to all sectors of the economy including agriculture, transportation, waste collection, information technology and communications sources. In 2011, energy expenditures amounted to approximately 10 percent of the world gross domestic product (GDP), in which North America accounts for 20 percent, Europe for 25 percent and Japan […]
Mahesh Karra, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, recently attended the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting in Austin, TX where he chaired a session on the determinants of child health and mortality and presented several papers and posters. The papers and posters Karra presented on included […]
By Julie Klinger, Joshua S.S. Muldavin, Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira, Mladen Grgić, Juliet Lu, Oliver Schönweger, Kevin Woods, Michael Dwyer, and Thoumthone Vongvisouk. Territory, Politics, Governance, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2019.