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Lighting Up: China’s Arrival in Brazil’s Electricity Sector
By Pedro Henrique Batista Barbosa Since 2010, when the first Chinese investment in Brazil’s electricity sector happened, China’s presence in Read more

What the Current Debt Sustainability Framework Misses About Development, Growth and China
By Xinyue Ma & Jake Werner The current debt sustainability framework and indicators employed by international financial institutions may be Read more

Chart of the Week: The Fiscal Picture in China, 2020
By Yinan Zhang China has implemented a large fiscal stimulus in 2020 to counter the negative economic impact of COVID-19. Read more

TRIPping Up: Why Global Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine Lies with the WTO
By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Friday, December 11, the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center co-hosted a webinar with the South Centre Read more

Meet the Team: Siddharth George, Human Capital Initiative
Siddharth George, Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University, is the newest faculty member of the Human Capital Initiative at Read more

Women, Power, Property… Progress? A Discussion with Rachel Brulé
By Maria Santarelli On Friday December 11, the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted a webinar to launch the Read more

Chart of the Week: Three Pillars of Debt Relief for Green & Inclusive Recovery
By Maureen Heydt In November 2020, the Global Development Policy Center, Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, University of London, Read more

Scope and Findings: China’s Overseas Development Finance Database
By Kevin P. Gallagher & Rebecca Ray With the release of the new interactive China’s Overseas Development Finance (CODF) Database Read more

Demonstrating China’s Overseas Development Finance: Webinar Summary
By Maureen Heydt On Thursday, December 10, the Global Development Policy (GDP)Center hosted a webinar launch event for the new Read more

Five Policy Priorities for an Internationalist Climate President
By Katie Gallogly-Swan Winning more votes than any other presidential candidate in American history, Joe Biden has pledged to tackle Read more