By Cecilia Han Springer and Dinah Shi Editor’s note: this blog summarizes research presented as part of the GDP Center’s Global China Research Colloquium on October 7, 2020. A recording of the presentation is available below: Hydropower is often talked about as a low-carbon, clean source of electricity. Indeed, electricity produced by hydropower has far […]
Global power generation must rapidly decarbonize by mid-century to meet the goal of stabilizing global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. To meet this objective, multilateral development banks (MDBs) have gradually reduced fossil fuel and increased renewable energy financing. Meanwhile, globally active national development finance institutions (DFIs) from Japan and South Korea have continued to finance […]
Professor Suchi Gopal, GDP Center Faculty Steering Committee Member and Professor at the BU Department of Earth & Environment, has been selected as a Visiting Professor in the Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing, Integrated Laboratory, Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in Northern Central Java, Semarang, Indonesia, under the World Class Professor (WCP) program initiated by the Ministry […]
In the seven months since the World Health Organization officially declared a global pandemic, Covid-19 has triggered human and economic a devastation to nations around the world. This has been particularly true in Latin America and Africa, where countries were already suffering from weak health systems, rising inequality, and debt distress. How has Covid-19 directly […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Barbara Stallings will present on the political economy and dependency of China and Latin America in the 21st century. Dr. Stallings is a William R. Rhodes Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. STARTS: 9:00 am on Wednesday, […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Cecilia Springer will present on the environmental sustainability and China’s hydropower development in Southeast Asia. Dr. Springer is a Senior Researcher with the Global China Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center. STARTS: 9:00 am on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 ENDS: 10:30 am on […]
By Maureen Heydt As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge in countries around the world, an expert panel convened by Center for Strategic & International Studies discussed how the pandemic is likely to affect the economic outlook for Latin America. As Latin American nations contend with virus hotspots, how should the macroeconomic and policy responses […]
Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) Director Kevin Gallagher served as a co-leader of a special policy study commissioned by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, analyzing how to build a green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that is integrated within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. GDP Center Post-Doctoral Research […]
The COVID-19 pandemic came as an unprecedented shock to the world economy and many countries had to quickly resort to aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The central banks and finance ministries of most advanced economies swiftly advanced swap lines, domestic liquidity support, and expansionary fiscal measures to shore up dollar markets and provide […]