The Inter-American Dialogue’s China and Latin America program and Boston University’s Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) estimate that China Development Bank and China Eximbank issued approximately $21 billion in loans to LAC governments and state-owned firms in 2016. This report highlights some of the primary features of Chinese lending over the past year. Information on the various loans issued to Latin […]
In the last ten years, China has grown into a major trade and investment partner for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It is now South America’s top export destination and the second-largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for the LAC region. However, this new relationship has also come to symbolize the trend […]
In 2016, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) economic relationship with China showed little change. Exports were flat, while investment and finance fell slightly. However, one sector in particular reinforced its centrality in all three major channels: extraction. China’s interest in LAC as a source of extractive raw materials has remained, even as other […]
By Cornel Ban and Leonard Seabrooke & Sarah Freitas. Review of International Political Economy, December 2016. Read the journal article
The Paris Agreement marked the beginning of a new international bottom-up approach to climate change where all countries submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining the intended actions of a nation to respond to climate change. Typically, most developing country NDCs comprise conditional contributions contingent upon international support and unconditional contributions that the country intends to […]
Working Group on Trade, Investment and Climate Policy report (November 2016) This report provides timely insights about the alignment of climate and trade policy as the Paris Agreement enters into force and the next round of UN climate talks take place in Marrakech from November 7-18. The authors explore opportunities and barriers for alignment of […]
By Miquel Muñoz Cabre and Mohamed Youba Sokona (November 2016) The working paper by Miquel Muñoz Cabre identifies up to USD 241 billion and 101 GW of likely renewable energy investments in Africa based on an analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and renewables plans. These include plans for 34 GW of solar PV, 26.4 […]
By Henrik Selin (November 2016) The working paper by Henrik Selin analyzes the global climate finance regime set up to support mitigation and adaptation measures in developing projects with the goal of developed countries jointly mobilizing at least USD 100 billion a year from public and private sources by 2020. To institutionally strengthen this important […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has emerged as a central actor in delivering much-needed investment to the European economy, which remains below pre-economic crisis levels. It has taken on ever more roles on behalf of the European Union (EU) , leveraging limited budget funds on financial markets via investment vehicles. It has also been strengthened […]
By Kevin P. Gallagher. Journal NACLA Report on the Americas. Volume 48, 2016 – Issue 3, September 2016. Learn more