For many developing countries, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) fills the local financial gap in the power sector and helps fuel the economy. In the 1980s, China suffered from severe power shortages, as state investment alone could not meet soaring demand for electricity. The government later removed its regulatory barriers and restructured feed-in-tariff schemes to […]
By Maureen Heydt As the COVID-19 pandemic continues apace in Latin America and Africa, an expert panel of BU alumni was convened by the Global Development Policy Center to discuss the effects of the virus in these regions and what measures the regional development banks have taken to mitigate the crisis and work toward a […]
By Victoria Chonn Ching In a recent presentation as part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Professor Barbara Stallings asked how do Latin American relations with China differ from relations with the United States. Based on research from her latest book, Dependency in the Twenty-First Century? The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations, […]
Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center is seeking a pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral fellow for research projects on energy and climate change policy in the GDP Center’s Global China Initiative. The position offers the opportunity to work with a collaborative team of other pre- and post-doctoral researchers and leading experts, new databases, and interdisciplinary projects. The […]
Join the Global Development Policy Center for the launch of the China’s Global Power Database, an interactive mapping of all of China’s overseas power projects by lender, type of deal, CO2 emissions, status, technology and capacity. Kevin P. Gallagher, Cecilia Han Springer and Xinyue Ma will present the database, discuss its main findings and policy […]
Facilitating a shift towards a low-carbon, sustainable economy demands vast amounts of funding towards investments and credit that closes the green funding gap. Green bonds are a way for private and public actors to finance environmentally-friendly projects and serve as a “good” financial innovation able to crowd-in mainstream finance. Although green bonds accounted for less […]
The China’s Global Power (CGP) Database records all power projects around the world involving Chinese capital, including foreign direct investment (FDI) and public finance through Chinese national development bank and export-import credit agency. All project attributes are categorized into three sections in the CGP Database methodology note. The first section includes the fundamental information about […]
The Global China Initiative at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) introduces a new interactive dataset that tracks Chinese overseas finance in the electric power sector. Based on data compiled from GDP Center projects, the China’s Global Power Database (CGP) tracks and displays the capacity, technology, local and national location, and projected carbon […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, James Sundquist will present on whether or not China gives bailouts. James is a doctoral candidate at Yale University and a Global China Fellow with the Global Development Policy Center. STARTS: 9:00 am on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 ENDS: 10:00 am on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Rebecca Ray, Dr. Hongbo Yang, and Dr. Blake Simmons will present on forestry, agriculture, and indigenous rights in the Belt and Road Initiative. Dr. Ray is a Senior Researcher and Dr. Yang and Dr. Simmons are Post-Doctoral Research Fellows at the GDP Center. STARTS: […]