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Bangladesh’s Climate Risks and External Debt Tightrope: Safeguarding Sustainability Amid Transition
By Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat, Afrin Mahbub and Zazeeba Waziha Saleh Following the conclusion of the 2025 International Monetary Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: 2025 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns With the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings underway in Washington, D.C. from October Read more
The Road to 2030: What Role for Chinese Development Finance?
By Rebecca Ray By 2030, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) other than China must mobilize an ambitious $3 trillion annually Read more
IMF Lending Returns to Low Levels While the PBOC Continues as the Largest Provider of Currency Swaps: Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, and Barbara Fritz In a world beset by lower growth prospects, unprecedented uncertainty in international Read more
Journal of Globalization and Development Special Issue – Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF Round-Up
The biggest developmental challenge facing the world today is climate change and global warming. For keeping the world below the Read more
Still Constraining Climate Policy: Assessing the Climate-Related Industrial Policy Landscape in Five Figures
By Rachel Thrasher and Praveena Bandara The consensus around the urgent need for climate policy continues to grow. In a Read more
Reviving the Past or Risking the Future? Chinese-Financed Hydropower and the Fate of “Dinosaur Dams”
by Julie Radomski As countries around the world strive to meet their renewable energy targets, large hydroelectric dams are often Read more
India’s Climate Finance Requirements — Steel and Cement Overwhelm Power
By Janak Raj and Rakesh Mohan India faces a pressing challenge of aligning its developmental aspirations with a sustainable and Read more
GDP Center Round-up: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development
By Samantha Igo As a record-breaking heat wave strains energy grids and risks public health across Europe, policymakers, activists and Read more
Are Multilateral Development Banks Big Enough, and How Can We Tell?
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary When governments met for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Read more