By Christina Duran From post-pandemic industrialization to COVID-19 and southern African sovereign debt, researchers from around the world explored a variety of topics as part of the Fall 2022 Global China Initiative Research Colloquium over the past four months. The webinar series kicked off in September 2022, with a discussion led by Dr. Justin Yifu […]
By Christina Duran Closing out the Fall 2022 Global China Research Colloquium, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic, sovereign debt and the case of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Daniel Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and […]
By Rebecca Ray From 2020-2022, China has presided over the Council of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP). Their leadership has included the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund and the consideration of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Concomitantly, researchers at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center have been tracking […]
By Jiajun Xu and Kevin P. Gallagher According new research by the United Nations, swift and radical transformation towards renewable energy systems is needed to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, but there is a wide gap between need and delivery. In a new journal article published in Studies in Comparative International Development, we […]
By Oyintarelado Moses, Anjali Kini and Keren Zhu The Group of 20 (G20) meetings are taking place in Indonesia this week, and top agenda items include financial stability and sustainable development. Infrastructure finance gaps in the Global South have widened in recent years as pressing demands to address connectivity bottlenecks and climate-related challenges have increased. […]
By Oyintarelado Moses and Laura Gormley Through the ‘Going Out’ strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has become the largest source of official bilateral development finance. However, after reaching a peak in 2016, overseas development finance from China’s two main policy banks, the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China, […]
By Liaoguo Chen China’s overseas development finance has increased significantly over the last two decades, making China the largest bilateral official creditor in the world. The launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 has brought China’s overseas investment and financing to the next level in global expansion. However, the BRI has also […]
By Liaoguo Chen How did China, the former Middle Kingdom, the most populous country and the second largest economy in the world, reach its current standing? Will this be, as some say, the century of Asia and, to a large extent, that of China? The “Chinese miracle” has led the country to grow at an […]
By Yuheng Zhao State capacity is the ability of state to collect taxes, enforce law and order and provide public goods. It is well acknowledged that rich countries are featured with capable states, while “failed” nations in general are characterized by incompetent states. Important as an effective state is, little is known about the building […]
By Min Ye In 2023, China will mark the tenth anniversary of its flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the billion-dollar push to fund roads, ports and other critical infrastructure around the world. Ahead of this anniversary, it is important to pause and reflect on the significance and trends of China’s international finance on the […]