By Richa Jindal Racism has a global historic root that has both been propagated in various forms. Often, people who propagate racism are situated in positions of power; their actions can therefore negatively impact vulnerable communities, which have suffered economically and socially by racial suppression. Historically, racism has also defined and dictated the socio-economic status […]
By Kazi Mukitul Islam Despite being large in numbers, women remain socially marginalized and underrepresented in low-income countries. They are more likely to drop out of school and less likely to get formal employment. Even those who participate, receive less wages and suffer more in employment loss. They often lack autonomy in healthcare decisions where […]
By Tim Hirschel-Burns From October 9-15, thousands of finance ministry representatives, policymakers, researchers and academics, civil society advocates, press and other stakeholders convened in Marrakech, Morocco for the 2023 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings. These meetings, the first time an African member state has hosted them in 50 years, came at a […]
By Ishana Ratan On Thursday, October 12, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted a webinar discussion on the impacts and implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in its 10 years of shaping global development. Oyintarelado Moses, Data Analyst and Database Manager, and Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher, presented key […]
Countries will need to mobilize a stepwise increase in domestic resources and put in place a broad array of new policies in order to meet the targets set out under the Paris Agreement on climate change and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Delivering economic growth and prosperity in a manner that is […]
By Claire Paul From October 2-3, 2023, the French Development Agency (AFD), World Bank Development Group (DECGR), Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center), BU Institute for Economic Development (IED) and BU Human Resources Policy Institute (HRPI) jointly sponsored the 16th International Conference on Migration and Development, hosted at Boston University. The conference was […]
By Praveena Bandara On September 26, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Margarita Fajardo, Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College, to discuss her new book ‘The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era.’ In the book, Fajardo draws on various […]
By Rachel Thrasher On October 5, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Jerome Roos, Fellow in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics & Political Science, to discuss the main ideas of his book, “Why Not Default? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt.” The event, which was the third […]
As pandemic fears gripped investors in March 2020, foreign officials, US leveraged funds and US bond funds all dumped US bonds. This massive selling severely strained the working of the US bond market. In a new book chapter in Fault Lines after COVID-19: Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities, Robert N. McCauley discusses the response of […]
By Claire Paul and Maureen Heydt To mark the tenth anniversary of China’s historic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing next week, with several international leaders scheduled to attend. The BRI is an ambitious global infrastructure platform to expand connectivity, economic […]