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How Mexico Can Design a USMCA Where Development Matters
By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Rachel Thrasher It is a fraught moment for North American trade policy. Over the last few Read more
The Role of Ideas in Economic Policy: The Global Sovereign Debt Regime
By Leslie Elliott Armijo and Prateek Sood Ideas matter for choices about economic policy. Unexamined assumptions may bound the scope Read more
Indigenous Languages and the Law: Exploring New Directions in Deportation History in Latin America – Q&A With Rachel Nolan
By Samantha Igo Rachel Nolan, a Core Faculty Member of the Human Capital Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Read more
Seminar Summary – The Inclusion Trap: Evidence from the Elite Civil Service
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On April 9th, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Shaheen Naseer, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Read more
Five Topics to Watch at the Fourth China-CELAC Forum
By Julie Radomski, Zara Albright and Rebecca Ray As Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) leaders prepare for the upcoming China-CELAC Read more
Capitalizing on Low-Carbon Technology Trade for Developing Countries
By Praveena Bandara Since the beginning of this year, the US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, cut back on Read more
PBOC Swap Lines and the IMF in the Global Financial Architecture: Competition or Cooperation?
By Julian Watrous and Stephen Paduano The last two decades have seen a fundamental shift in global sovereign lending patterns. Read more
10 Charts to Illustrate a Structuralist Perspective of Developing Economies’ Debt
By Nathalie Marins Over the past few years, public debt has returned to the spotlight, especially in developing economies. Once Read more
GDP Center Round-up: 2025 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
By Samantha Igo From April 21-26, 2025, all eyes in the global economic governance space will turn to Washington, DC Read more
The IMF’s 17th General Review of Quotas Needs a New Formula to Deliver on Development
By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Marina Zucker-Marques Quotas are at the core of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s finances and governance, Read more