By Mridhu Khanna On Tuesday, February 27, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted Ashoka Mody, Boston University alum and Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at Princeton University, for the first event of the Spring 2024 Global Economic Governance Book Talk series. In discussion with Neva Goodwin, […]
By Tim Hirschel-Burns On Wednesday, February 28, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) and Centre for Policy Dialogue co-hosted an event at the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Trade and Sustainability Hub, which took place alongside the 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Rachel Thrasher, […]
To meet the 1.5C warming threshold of the Paris Agreement, total coal-fired power generation needs to be reduced by 70 percent by 2030 and by 96 percent by 2050. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) signaled the “beginning of the end” for the fossil fuel era, and prioritized a swift, fair transition with […]
By Ananya Agarwal Public servants worldwide face legal restrictions, to varying degrees, on their ability to leave the public sector to represent private interests for personal gain before the government in which they served. So-called “revolving door laws” often involve constraints on how a former official may interact with government (e.g., whether they can interact […]
Overseas development finance plays a pivotal role in China’s expanding global engagement. Existing scholarship portrays Chinese capital as “patient,” due to its higher tolerance of risk compared to Western capital, which prioritizes short-term gains. In a new working paper, David Landry and Keyi Tang demonstrate that this narrative overlooks the calculated decisions behind much of […]
Editor’s Note: The following testimony was delivered by Dr. Rebecca Ray to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on Consumer Products from China: Safety, Regulations and Supply Chains on March 1, 2024. Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Commission today. I would like to start by congratulating the Commissioners on an important […]
By Claire Paul What happens when armed conflict and political turmoil coincide with a burgeoning market for international adoptions? How do poverty and state-sanctioned prejudice blur the line between consent and coercion? What is the human cost in the aftermath of the unsanctioned adoption industry that decimated the Guatemalan Indigenous population? In her new book, […]
Black individuals are more likely to report shorter sleep durations compared with white individuals, posing a potential public health problem given that short sleep is risk factor for many chronic and mental health conditions. Unequal exposure to police violence, a cardinal manifestation of structural racism, may be a contributor to racial disparities in sleep health. […]
By Ishana Ratan On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) cohosted a webinar to discuss findings from the recent report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) implementation of Chinese projects in Africa. The report is the result of a […]
In the aftermath of World War II, the meeting at Bretton Woods led to the creation of multilateral institutions with the purpose of promoting international economic cooperation. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were part of this effort. As the global financial system changed, the IMF and the World Bank adapted to […]