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What is in the Financing for Development Zero Draft, and What Does It Mean for Global Economic Governance Reform?
By Tim Hirschel-Burns In late June, the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will take place in Seville, Read more
The Mosaic of Energy Debt Financing from Chinese Policy Banks in Africa: How and Why One Is Greener than the Other
By Tianyi Wu African leaders face significant challenges in energy policy as they strive to implement low-carbon energy solutions while Read more
Five Realistic Goals for Global Economic Governance in 2025
By Tim Hirschel-Burns 2025 admittedly presents a dubious landscape for achieving substantive global economic governance reforms. The scale of needs Read more
Around the Halls: A Year in Review and Look Ahead to 2025
The most notable milestone of 2024 was the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods institutions of the International Monetary Fund Read more
Webinar Summary: China’s Global Energy Finance Database – Data Update, 2000-2023
By Thang Ha On November 14, 2024, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar on the Read more
A Roadmap for Unlocking the Potential of Multilateral Development Banks Exists – and the G20 Just Endorsed It
By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary A $4 trillion financing gap to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Read more
Seminar Summary – Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On November 20, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Jon Denton-Schneider, Assistant Professor of Economics at Read more
Webinar Summary – Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach
By Praveena Bandara On November 7, 2024, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted Marina Zucker-Marques, Senior Academic Read more
A One United Nations for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
By Kamal Malhotra The United Nations (UN) is arguably the world’s most enduring and all-encompassing “global public good.” In fact, Read more
Better Understanding the Renminbi’s Internationalization
By Marina Zucker-Marques In the evolving landscape of international finance, the internationalization of China's currency, the renminbi, has become a Read more