As part of the Fall 2020 Global Economic Governance Seminar Series, Zhongxia Jin will present on China and the International Monetary System. Dr. Jin is the Executive Director for China at the International Monetary Fund. STARTS: 9:00 am on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 ENDS: 10:00 am on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 LOCATION: Via Zoom REGISTRATION: https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lf7XEAyiQ7afCnnxm__Vcg Zhongxia […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Yan Wang will present on Southern Africa Development Community and China Debt Distress. Dr. Wang is a Senior Visiting Researcher at the Global Development Policy Center. She previously worked as Senior Economist and Team Leader in the World Bank for 20 years and served as […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Xia Li will present on Physical Climate Risks and Overseas Investments. Xia is a Ph.D. candidate in the Strategy & Innovation Department at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. She is also a research fellow with the Global China Initiative of the Global Development Policy […]
By Maria Santarelli As part of the Human Capital Speaker Series, Dr. Alisha C. Holland spoke about her new book project “Creative Construction” on the politics of large-scale infrastructure in Latin America. Holland is Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University and she has conducted extensive research on social and urban politics in Latin America. […]
Many markets have multiple voluntary certification programs that sellers use to signal product or organizational quality. Certification is a widely used tool for reducing information asymmetry between buyers and sellers when product quality is hard to assess, or when certain organizational behaviors are hidden. It is not clear though how voluntary certification programs serve the […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Victoria Chonn Ching will present on China’s role in Latin America’s Investment Diversification. Victoria is a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations and Political Science at the University of Southern California. She is currently a Predoctoral Fellow at the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. STARTS: […]
By Maureen Heydt As the COVID-19 pandemic continues apace in Latin America and Africa, an expert panel of BU alumni was convened by the Global Development Policy Center to discuss the effects of the virus in these regions and what measures the regional development banks have taken to mitigate the crisis and work toward a […]
The China’s Global Power (CGP) Database records all power projects around the world involving Chinese capital, including foreign direct investment (FDI) and public finance through Chinese national development bank and export-import credit agency. All project attributes are categorized into three sections in the CGP Database methodology note. The first section includes the fundamental information about […]
The Global China Initiative at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) introduces a new interactive dataset that tracks Chinese overseas finance in the electric power sector. Based on data compiled from GDP Center projects, the China’s Global Power Database (CGP) tracks and displays the capacity, technology, local and national location, and projected carbon […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, James Sundquist will present on whether or not China gives bailouts. James is a doctoral candidate at Yale University and a Global China Fellow with the Global Development Policy Center. STARTS: 9:00 am on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 ENDS: 10:00 am on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 […]