The internet and rapid development in information technology (IT) has revolutionized the way the world trades and conducts business. The majority of buying and selling goods and services moved online through online marketplaces. The changing nature of trade should also mean a change in government policy in response. However, it is challenging to define efficient […]
As governments struggle to make their health care systems more resilient in the COVID-19, Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center has established an expert “Working Group on Trade and Access to Medicines.” The aim of the group is to generate evidence-based policy research that helps policy-makers align the trade and investment treaty regime with universal […]
In 2021, the United Nations Committee on Development Policy adopted a resolution that Bangladesh would graduate from least developed country (LDC) status after a period of five years. As a result, Bangladesh will have to forego its exemption to intellectual property (IP) provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2026. As an LDC, Bangladesh took […]
In the fall of 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a means to mobilize resources, strengthen connectivity links, leverage potential growth drivers and connect markets with a view to integrating more countries and regions into economic globalization and achieving shared prosperity through mutually beneficial cooperation. Aligning the BRI […]
By Rebecca Ray Global Americans, December 5, 2019
Managers are increasingly facing shareholder pressure to disclose and manage their climate change risks. The reason for this surge in climate-related shareholder activism is the growing recognition of increased costs and risks associated with climate change as well as the fact that, in many countries, the disclosure of nonfinancial information is not mandated by law. […]
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 […]
Henrik Selin, Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, published a recent Op-Ed on the challenges faced by the Paris Agreement after the withdrawal of the United States The Op-Ed, entitled “Can the Paris Agreement on climate change succeed without the US? 4 questions answered” was published in the The Conversation on November 12, 2019. From […]
Developing countries need more fiscal revenue to build their infrastructure, achieve energy security and environmental sustainability, and provide social services necessary for human development. While trade and investment treaties have typically been assumed to be revenue-neutral, economic studies demonstrate that such is not the case. The legal literature has not given much consideration to this […]
Trade has not always been such a controversial topic, and it worked well for the US and many other countries for most of the post-war era. However, in the last few decades, trade has become a key pivot point in politics and elections in the US. This is partly because of the transformation of the […]