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Lessons from the Past: The Impact of NAFTA on Mexico’s Export Specialization Pattern
By Praveena Bandara With Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing giants like Jetour announcing plans to establish EV assembly plants in Read more
From Vicious to Virtuous: Understanding and Re-imagining the Relationships between Debt, Climate and Nature at COP16
By Rebecca Ray Representatives from governments and civil society from around the world are gathering in Cali, Colombia this month Read more
Stepping on the Scale: The G20 and Raising MDB Ambition for the 2030 Agenda and Beyond
By Maureen Heydt The global community is running out of time and falling behind on financing shared climate and development Read more
Development Beyond Debt: Why Financing Public Assets at Affordable Rates is Key
By Justin Yifu Lin, Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu The Bretton Woods system, established 80 years ago in July 1944, Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns The 2024 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings will take place from October 21-27 in Read more
China, South-South Cooperation and Supporting Green Development
By Jiaqi Lu The exchange of knowledge, technology and resources among developing countries through South-South cooperation has been crucial in Read more
Into the Woods: Understanding the Environmental Consequences of IMF Programs
By Timon Forster In 2023, 3.7 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost around the world, which amounts to Read more
Trading Partners and Market Shapers: The Role of China in the Global Trade of Low-carbon Technologies
By Jiaqi Lu As the world faces the urgent challenges of climate change, global trade for low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: 2024 Summer in the Field Research Outcomes
By Akanksha Goyal With research projects spanning from Ghana to Greece, the 2024 cohort of Summer in the Field Fellows Read more
Summer in the Field: Why People Don’t Register Deaths in Ghana
By Vasudha Ramakrishna Funerals are big events in Ghana, very extravagant and expensive, with people often borrowing heavily to carry Read more