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Chart of the Week: China’s Economic Growth Amidst COVID-19
By Yinan Zhang In the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, China’s economic growth dipped into negative territory with a year-on-year Read more

Tracking China’s Overseas Development Finance
By Rebecca Ray and Blake Alexander Simmons The China’s Overseas Development Finance Database is a geospatial dataset for analysis of Read more

Empowering Women to Effectively Space Pregnancies: Evidence from Malawi
By Maria Santarelli It is widely known that pregnancy is a critical time in a person’s life, but less frequently Read more

The Next Director-General and WTO Reform: An Interview with Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD
By Rachel Thrasher The World Trade Organization (WTO) has delayed (again) the appointment of the WTO’s Director-General, on the heels Read more

Uncovering Physical Climate Risks in Overseas Investments
By Xia Li Physical climate risks, such as wildfire, heat, water stress, excess rainfall, sea level rise, hurricane and typhoons, Read more

Webinar Summary: Expanding Renewable Energy Finance in Southern Africa
By Maureen Heydt On November 19, 2020, the Global Development Policy center hosted a webinar to discuss the findings of Read more

Open Letter to TRIPS Council Members: Remove Barriers to Access for Critical COVID-19 Supplies
On November 12, 2020, members of the Global Development Policy Center's Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines Read more

Five Recommendations to Boost Renewable Energy Finance in Southern Africa
As the COVID-19 pandemic induces public finance deterioration in many countries in the world, community health resilience and other social Read more

Around the Halls: Top Policy Priorities for the G20
Ahead of the G20 summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week, our experts outline the top policy priorities of the Read more

“The Time to Act is Now”: Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery
A report launched today in a public webinar calls on the G20 to move beyond the Common Framework for Debt Treatments Read more