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From Rural Resilience to Migration Management: Meet the 2023 Human Capital Initiative Faculty Affiliates
The Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Read more
Non-Alignment is Back in the Global South, Albeit in a Different Incarnation
By Jorge Heine Six weeks after taking office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) visited the United States, Read more
Webinar Summary – The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire & the Birth of Global Economic Governance
By Timon Forster On February 15, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Jamie Martin to discuss his Read more
Another $4 Billion on the Table? The Role of China’s Sinosure in Africa’s Debt Negotiations
By Oyintarelado Moses and Kevin P. Gallagher Recent reports suggest there may be new momentum in the beleaguered Group of Read more
Trading Away Budget Space? How Trade Liberalization is Crunching Developing Country Budgets
By Devika Dutt and Kevin P. Gallagher The long-standing gridlock in trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has Read more
Webinar Summary – “Small is Beautiful”: A New Era in China’s Overseas Development Finance?
By Hua-Ke (Kate) Chi On Thursday, January 26, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion Read more
The Global Diffusion of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Ethiopia and Vietnam
By Keyi Tang There are over 5,000 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the world. About 75 percent of developing economies Read more
Chart of the Week: How Climate Transition Spillover Risks Could Affect Barbados’s GDP
By Amanda Brown Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke at the opening of the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), calling on powerful Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: Fall 2022 Global Economic Governance Book Talk Series
By Amanda Brown The Fall 2022 Global Economic Governance Book Talk Series convened five distinguished scholars across four webinars to Read more
Webinar Summary – Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy
By Mridhu Khanna On December 1, 2022, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Zainab Usman to discuss her Read more