This past Friday, Colin Bradford and Ambassador Jorge Heine convened a virtual Global Development Policy Center workshop of the China-West Dialogue to discuss the future of global governance in the context of Covid-19 and other challenges, such as climate change. The virtual workshop was well attended and featured a keynote introduction by The Right Honourable […]
In 2019, overseas energy financing by China’s two policy banks with global operations, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM), was at its lowest level since 2008. In a new policy brief, Xinyue Ma, Kevin P. Gallagher and Yanan Guo examine China’s global energy finance in 2019, using the China’s […]
Prudential Financial Regulators, Central Banks and Regulatory Authorities have increasingly come to recognize that they have a role to play in dealing with climate change, including climate disasters such as storms, tornadoes and tsunamis. Such events impact the economy by destroying physical assets, income opportunities, credit worthiness and the fiscal base. In turn, the financial […]
By Rebecca Ray Global Americans, December 5, 2019
The multilateral system is in crisis. After years of accentuating financial instability, inequality, and climate change, the system is now under attack on all fronts and may be pushed to the limit by the actions of the United States. In late 2018 and early 2019, the GDP Center partnered with the United Nations Conference on […]
Rebecca Ray, Postdoctoral Fellow at GEGI, was recently quote in a Clarin Politica article titled “La política internacional del kirchnerismo”. The article theories the future foreign policy of President-elect of the Argentina government, Alberto Fernandez, in trade relations with China. International experts indicate that relations between the two nations will increase, but that it will […]
Jorge Heine, research professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, commented on the cancellation of the APEC summit and COP25 climate meeting in Chile. The Op-Ed, entitled “Chilean ex-ambassador: cancellation of APEC an unfortunate policy”, and interview aired on October 30, 2019. From the text of the Op-Ed: Amid weeks-long protests, the Chilean government announced […]
Kevin Gallagher, Director of the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been appointed co-chair of a special policy study on “Greening the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).” The study is sponsored by the China Council for International Cooperation and Development (CCICED), at China’s Ministry […]
By Kevin Gallagher and Matías Vernengo Financial Times, October 28, 2019
The Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a lecture on Friday, October 18, 2019 with the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun on multilateral approaches to development. For photos and more information about the talk, click here. Watch the live stream recording below: