Over the past 15 years, China has become one of the largest investors in the world, with Chinese companies, commercial banks and policy banks making major inroads in every region of the globe. China also launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 with the goal of catalyzing trillions of dollars of investments into […]
Since the Chinese government proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, Chinese investments have been rapidly increasing in BRI countries. The Chinese government’s $113 billion pledge in special funds for investments in 2013 suggests this trend will likely continue. The investment choices that Chinese financial institutions make surrounding power, transportation and other long-lasting […]
To download the report and accompanying blog piece from the WRI web page In a new report with the Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI), researchers at the Global Development Policy Center find that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is yet to be aligned with the low-carbon priorities included in BRI countries’ commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. […]
Mahesh Karra, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Associate Director of the Human Capital Initiative at Boston University, delivered a Junior Fellow Faculty Presentation at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering on November 7, 2018. Karra delivered a talk entitled “Family Planning […]
By Rachael Garrett. Published in The Conversation on November 6, 2018.
Rachael Garrett, Associate Director of the GDP Center’s Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative (LULI) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, published an Op-Ed in the Conversation this week, entitled, “Strict Amazon protections made Brazilian farmers more productive, new research shows.” This Op-Ed, complements her latest journal article published […]
According to the World Bank, Myanmar is now one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, with a projected GDP growth rate of 6.8 percent on average in the medium-term. Since the political liberalization initiated in 2011, attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) has become an important national strategy for promoting economic development. Though China is […]
Rebecca Ray, a postdoctoral fellow at the Global Development Policy Center, wrote a recent article about how the growth of China as a source of development finance for Latin America has changed the landscape and social governance of major development projects in the region. The article, entitled, “Chinese development finance and the Andean Amazonian infrastructure […]
By Kevin P. Gallagher The American Prospect Magazine, Fall 2018 Issue
Kevin P. Gallagher, Director of the Global Development Policy Center and Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, published an article this week, entitled, “The Trade Strategy We Need,” in the American Prospect magazine. Dr. Gallagher offers his commentary on Trump’s tariff policies and provides an outline of principles for global trade policy […]