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, published a recent Op-Ed on the reforms new IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva must implement as she faces the challenges of the IMF. Gallagher’s Op-Ed, entitled “Kristalina Georgieva’s IMF challenge” […]
On episode 15, Erik Myxter-iino talks with Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Development and Policy Center at Boston University Dr. Rebecca Ray. Rebecca is a co-author of a new report published in part by BU’s GDP center: China and the Amazon: Toward a Framework for Maximizing Benefits and Mitigating Risks of Infrastructure Development. In this episode, […]
Daniel Gay and Kevin P. Gallagher
Kevin P. Gallagher, Director of the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, taught a recent United Nations Conference on Trade and Development summer school course in Geneva, Switzerland on the crisis of multilateralism. The school, which is co-sponsored with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, […]
Over the last 15 years, South America’s Western Andean nations have adopted some of the world’s most ambitious environmental and social protections surrounding infrastructure investment, most notably the right to prior consultation for affected indigenous communities. These reforms have been matched by the adoption of equally ambitious environmental and social safeguards (ESS) by the international […]
William Grimes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and Associate Director of the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center William N. Kring presented papers at a workshop at Kyoto University’s School of Government entitled, “The Politics and Institutions of Money and Finance […]
The push for intraregional trade in Africa comes at a pivotal moment for the continent. Across the region, growth in gross domestic product remains very uneven. In large part, this sluggish growth is due to the lackluster performance of the three largest economies. But it is also due to increasing debt vulnerabilities across the continent, […]
African Union (AU) leaders will gather in Niger on 7 July for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). They will be meeting at a critical moment for the continent. Africa, which is experiencing uneven growth and rising debt sustainability problems and is facing an uncertain global environment, needs the […]
An ambitious global agenda on climate change and sustainable development has emerged from the landmark international agreements of 2015. Together, the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda aim to deliver strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth, reduce global poverty and secure a better and more sustainable […]
It is no surprise that calls to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resonated with so many Americans. Numerous studies have documented the negative effects of NAFTA on certain groups, regions and the environment in the US, Mexico and Canada. However, the resulting United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not restore innovation, industrial jobs, […]