Author: mollyba

Green Growth or Commodity Dependence? The LAC-China Relationship in 2025

By Rebecca Ray In 2024, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) had a record trade deficit with China, amounting to 1.4 percent of regional GDP. At the same time, the region’s exports to China re showing signs of shifting down the value chain, as the top five LAC-China exports are now raw materials with no […]

Event Summary: ‘A Proposal for a Climate Bargain Based on Local Climate Damages’

By Molly Breen-Aronson On Thursday, October 23, Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Director of the Energy Policy Institute and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth at the University of Chicago, presented the 2025 Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture in Global Development Policy. Professor Greenstone’s lecture shared a methodology for estimating […]