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How Can China’s Debt Sustainability Analysis Better Serve Global South’s Development Goals?
By Tianyi Wu The current debt and development crisis in the Global South has resurfaced a long-standing tension in sovereign Read more
Why Competitive Politics Can Pull Development Finance Away from Need
By Keyi Tang As development finance tightens, the most important question may not be who is lending, but how domestic Read more
Disentangling Decision-Making: Chinese Infrastructure Finance in Africa
By Tianyi Wu In 2016, China committed $28.8 billion in infrastructure loans to African countries––a record peak that has been Read more
Resurgence to Retirement: Global Insights on Transitioning Away from Coal
By Kaihui Song The year 2025 recorded the largest net addition to global coal capacity in over a decade, driven Read more
From Paradigm Maintenance to Paradigm Shift: A Mood Change on Industrial Policy
By Richard Kozul-Wright Last month, the World Bank announced the return of Industrial Policy for Development in a report described Read more
Impact in Action: GDP Center at the 2026 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
This week, global economic leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives gathered in Washington, DC for the 2026 Spring Meetings of Read more
Patient Capital, Long-Term Orientation and Global Imbalances: A Rebuttal
By Yan Wang The global economy in early 2026 is confronted with an escalating war in the Middle East causing Read more
Weighing In: How Much Steel and Cement Go Into China’s Global Infrastructure Projects?
By Cecilia Springer, Hanjie Wang and Ali Hasanbeigi When a new railway line connects cities in East Africa or a Read more
Rising oil prices and developing country debt – the next shock is already here
By Rebecca Ray, Kevin P. Gallagher and Marina Zucker-Marques Once again, developing countries are experiencing shockwaves from a crisis they Read more
Zimbabwe’s Lithium Pivot: Promises and Pitfalls of Mining
By Julie Radomski, Tsitsi Musasike, Tinotenda Chidhawu, Hudson Mtegha and Earnest Rungano Chinyanga Lithium has emerged as an indispensable resource Read more