As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Victoria Chonn Ching will present on China’s role in Latin America’s Investment Diversification. Victoria is a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations and Political Science at the University of Southern California. She is currently a Predoctoral Fellow at the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. STARTS: […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a blame game between the U.S. and China, disrupting the urgently needed international cooperation to control the spread of the disease and accelerate efforts to find and distribute affordable vaccines and treatments. The current finger pointing has exacerbated bilateral tensions that were already flaring as a result of […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic passes the six-month mark, it is important to assess the global economic recovery process to date and adjust where possible. For emerging markets and developing countries, the International Monetary Fund is perhaps the most important global institution for navigating this economic and public health crisis. Indeed, the IMF is the […]
The Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center is a university-wide research center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School for Global Studies and the Office of Research at Boston University. In its third year of operation, the GDP Center is proud to present the 2020 Annual Report. The report provides an overview of […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published a Project Syndicate op-ed discussing the global debt crisis and climate change. In the article, titled “The Need for Debt-for-Climate Swaps,” Gallagher and his co-authors – Shamshad Akhtar, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Jörg […]
Join our dynamic team as a Policy Liaison at the GDP Center. Visit the BU Human Resources website to apply. POLICY LIAISON, Global Development Policy Center Tracking Code 1089 Job Description Reporting to the Director and Assistant Director of the Global Development Policy Center, the Policy Liaison for the Global Development Policy Center’s Global Economic […]
GDP Center affiliate faculty member Joseph Harris was recently featured in NPR’s “Universal Health Care Supports Thailand’s Coronavirus Strategy.” Posted on June 28, 2020, the podcast discusses how Thailand has been relatively successful at containing the spread of the coronavirus. To access the feature: https://n.pr/3ilysm8
Published in Energy Research & Social Science, an article by Dr. Wei Shen from the Institute of Development Studies quoted GCI’s CGEF database. “China’s role in Africa’s energy transition: a critical review of its intensity, institutions, and impacts” evaluates the consequences of Chinese activities on African countries’ energy development pathways. To read the full […]
GCI fellow Alvin Camba recently had his article published in Development and Change. Titled “The Sino‐centric Capital Export Regime: State‐backed and Flexible Capital in the Philippines,” the article argues that China’s current crisis of overaccumulation has led to a so‐called Sino‐centric capital export regime, which sends out two types of capital — state-backed and flexible […]
GCI Research Fellow Xinyue Ma and GDP Center Director Kevin P. Gallagher recently published an Op-Ed discussing China’s Overseas Development Finance in Global Energy. Overseas energy finance from China’s policy banks has been declining since 2017 due to a combination of demand and supply constraints. A rebound in 2020 is unlikely. To read more, access https://pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2020/05/24/losing-steam-chinas-overseas-development-finance-in-global-energy/.