African countries have and are shaping development goals in alignment with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union Agenda 2063. Potential sources of financing for energy and transition materials have become increasingly important for devising strategies that will allow Africa to achieve these goals. Over the past three decades, China-Africa […]
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On March 20, 2024, the Spring 2024 Human Capital Initiative Research Seminar Series hosted Elisa Maffioli, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, to discuss her forthcoming study on the effect of social influence on vaccination behavior during COVID-19 in Kenya. The study evaluates a campaign where […]
Many governments have committed to stop building new coal-fired power plants both domestically and abroad, but the greatest emissions reductions would be achieved through the early and permanent retirement of coal units. While many development finance institutions (DFIs) have pledged to halt public finance into new coal-based electricity generation, decarbonization of existing coal plants is […]
By Maureen Heydt The Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) is pleased to announce the second cohort of Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Core Faculty Program. These seven full-time BU faculty members represent diverse departments across the University, including the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, Sociology, Economics, Health Sciences and the Pardee School […]
The year 2023 is coming to a close as emerging market and developing economies continue to experience economic headwinds in the form of higher-for-longer interest rates, the ongoing ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine and accelerating climate change. In reflecting on the end of the year and the start of another, […]
By Sayuri Kataoka Initial optimism regarding the potential of social media to act as “liberation technologies” has been tempered by the efficacy with which repressive regimes have exerted their control over such platforms. The efforts to limit citizen access to social media are widespread – whether through a ban on access to particular platforms, wholesale […]
A new update to the China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, estimates that from 2000-2022, China’s two development finance institutions (DFIs)—the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) — have provided 331 loans, totaling $225 billion for 65 foreign governments for energy […]
By Richa Jindal Extreme poverty entraps over 719 million people worldwide who live on less than the cost of a cup of coffee in the United States. It is a complex and multifaceted state of living that deprives people of access to basic resources and opportunities. Often, escaping extreme poverty demands a significant amount of […]
Last week, China commemorated the tenth anniversary of its flagship global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), by hosting the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. International leaders flocked to the Forum, at which Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined China’s vision for an open, inclusive and interconnected world for […]
By Lucas Engel and Oyintarelado Moses Ten years have passed since Chinese leader Xi Jinping introduced plans for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure platform to increase connectivity, economic integration, growth and cooperation across the globe. To mark this anniversary, researchers at Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) have synthesized […]