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Women and Restoring Trust in the Pandemic Recovery: What to Watch at the 2022 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
By Vidhu Priya Mukundan This month, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting will gather in-person for the first time Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: Human Capital Initiative Spring 2022 Research Seminars
By Emanne Khan In Spring 2022, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted two research seminars with visiting scholars who presented Read more
Restarting Development Finance to Handle Debt Distress in the COVID-19 Era
By Ying Qian The COVID-19 pandemic has levied a brutal force on many emerging and low-income countries: not only their Read more
Webinar Summary – Chinese Loans to Africa Database: Lending in the Pandemic Era
By Jyhjong Hwang On Thursday, April 28, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion and Read more
Institutional Practices, Not Power-Hungry Husbands, Are the Biggest Problem Facing Female Leaders in India
By Emanne Khan Since 1993, India has experienced two competing dynamics. That year, the national government passed the 74th Constitutional Read more
With a Potential $340 Billion Price Tag, Investor-State Disputes Threaten the Global Green Energy Transition
By Rachel Thrasher The latest report from the UN International Panel on Climate Change has made clear that this decade Read more
The Price of Success? How Graduation from Least Developed Country Status Could Impact Insulin Accessibility in Bangladesh
By Md. Deen Islam and Rachel Thrasher In November 2021, the United Nations approved Bangladesh to graduate from Least Developed Read more
Webinar Summary: A Spatial Environmental Assessment of Select Belt and Road Initiative Projects in Indonesia
By Yudong (Nathan) Liu As part of the Spring 2022 Global China Research Colloquium, the Boston University Global Development Policy Read more
Webinar Summary – The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust: Can an SDRs Trust Managed by the IMF Deliver Inclusive and Sustainable Recoveries?
By Lara Merling On April 11, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center co-hosted a panel as part of the Read more
Webinar Summary – How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
By Kate Chi On Thursday, April 21, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted the third webinar in Read more