By Naa Adjekai Adjei In the last 10 years, Chinese companies have significantly transformed Africa’s infrastructure, particularly in the energy sector. However, when examining Africa-China engagement, research has predominantly focused on China’s influence, with limited attention given to the role of African host states in shaping project outcomes. My new working paper with the Boston […]
By Angie Ye The Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted the inaugural Global China Fellows Summit from July 11-13 in Hong Kong. The Summit brought together over 30 former, current and incoming Global China Fellows, GDP Center staff and researchers and other key stakeholders to collectively discuss a policy-oriented research agenda that […]
Over the last year, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments took intentional steps forward in their relationships with China, with frequent visits to discuss the important emerging sectors, such as telecommunications and renewable energy supply chains. Concurrently, while lower-technology mineral and agricultural commodities continue to dominate LAC exports to China, Chinese firms operating in LAC […]
By Keyi Tang, Solomon Owusu and Gideon Ndubuisi China’s economic ties with Africa have grown significantly since the early 2000s. China is currently the largest bilateral trading partner and top export destination for most countries in Africa, and since 2013, China has become the largest bilateral provider of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa. However, […]
By Jiaqi Lu The phasing down of carbon-based fossil energy in a just and orderly way is essential for mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. To ensure political feasibility, the Paris Agreement incorporates all existing types of measurements for climate commitments, including intensity, emissions peak, absolute emissions mitigation and share of clean energy, and […]
Over the last two decades, Chinese banks and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have provided loans and technology for a large number of coal-fired power plants abroad. With estimated emissions of 245 Mt carbon dioxide annually and a median age of seven years, this overseas coal fleet is increasingly incompatible with host countries’ and global climate goals. […]
The Chinese Loans to Latin America and the Caribbean (CLLAC) Database, jointly managed by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, recorded two new Chinese overseas finance commitments in 2023 worth a combined $1.3 billion. Both loans were made to Brazil’s Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) by the […]
By Arden Radford Access to energy is key to human development, improving health and economic outcomes as well increasing overall living standards for all individuals. However, even in countries where the majority of individuals have access to energy, there are other factors to consider, such as public health. Energy demands continue to rise, especially in […]
By Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu Infrastructure investment is an indispensable driver of development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and many other developing regions, especially amid weak and uneven recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and several rounds of capital flight associated with monetary tightening in advanced countries. Over the past two decades, China has become the […]
To meet the 1.5C warming threshold of the Paris Agreement, total coal-fired power generation needs to be reduced by 70 percent by 2030 and by 96 percent by 2050. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) signaled the “beginning of the end” for the fossil fuel era, and prioritized a swift, fair transition with […]