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GDP Center Round-Up: Fall 2022 Global China Research Colloquium
By Christina Duran From post-pandemic industrialization to COVID-19 and southern African sovereign debt, researchers from around the world explored a Read more
Webinar Summary – COVID-19 and Sovereign Debt: The Case of the Southern African Development Community
By Christina Duran Closing out the Fall 2022 Global China Research Colloquium, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Read more
Seminar Summary — Not All Jobs Are Created Equal: Public Sector Employment and Perceptions of Government Performance in Rentier States
By Emanne Khan Over the past half-century, the Arab Gulf countries have experienced economic development at astonishing rates. Fueled by Read more
Around the Halls: A Year in Review and Look Ahead to 2023
As 2022 comes to a close and the world confronts the “polycrisis,” researchers from the Boston University Global Development Policy Read more
How South Korea’s National Pension Service Can Help Manage Financial Crisis
By Yaechan Lee Financial globalization under the dollar-based structure of the international monetary system is increasingly demanding more proactive policy Read more
Chart of the Week: Energy Finance Commitments by Major Development Finance Institutions, 2016-2021
By Christina Duran Last month, countries met in Egypt for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) to discuss Read more
Remaking Multilateralism for a Development-Centered Climate Agenda: Takeaways from COP27 and the G20 Summit
By Lara Merling This November, the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia was held in parallel to Read more
FAQs: What is Investor-State Dispute Settlement and What Does it Mean for Climate Action?
By Rachel Thrasher A controversial legal process known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) threatens to hamper the ability of governments Read more
Capital Flight and the Role of the IMF and the World Bank in Stabilizing the World Economy
By Justin Yifu Lin and Yan Wang The global economy is facing three overlapping crises: the climate crisis, as shown Read more
The Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience: A Partnership Between the State Department and Boston University
By Emma Liu Following the US military withdrawal in August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, Read more