Multilateral financial institutions have pledged to do whatever it takes to enable emerging market and developing countries to fill a $2.5 trillion financing gap to combat COVID-19 and subsequent economic crises. In a new journal article published in World Development, Kevin P. Gallagher, William N. Kring, Thomas Stubbs, Christina Laskaridis and Alexander Kentikelenis compile datasets […]
As part of the GDP Center’s Land Use and Livelihood Initiative, Henrik Selin will present his new book “Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element,” co-authored with Noelle Eckley Selin, in a webinar moderated by GDP Center Director Kevin P. Gallagher. The book, published by MIT Press, analyzes human interactions with mercury and sheds light […]
Global power generation must rapidly decarbonize by mid-century to meet the goal of stabilizing global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. To meet this objective, multilateral development banks (MDBs) have gradually reduced fossil fuel and increased renewable energy financing. Meanwhile, globally active national development finance institutions (DFIs) from Japan and South Korea have continued to finance […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a blame game between the U.S. and China, disrupting the urgently needed international cooperation to control the spread of the disease and accelerate efforts to find and distribute affordable vaccines and treatments. The current finger pointing has exacerbated bilateral tensions that were already flaring as a result of […]
Join the Global Economic Governance Initiative for a discussion on the International Monetary Fund’s COVID-19 response with renowned economist and Columbia University Professor, Joseph E. Stiglitz. This event is part of the GDP Center’s Global Economic Governance Initiative Fall 2020 Seminar Series. STARTS: 9:00 am on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 ENDS: 10:00 am on Thursday, […]
Professor Suchi Gopal, GDP Center Faculty Steering Committee Member and Professor at the BU Department of Earth & Environment, has been selected as a Visiting Professor in the Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing, Integrated Laboratory, Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in Northern Central Java, Semarang, Indonesia, under the World Class Professor (WCP) program initiated by the Ministry […]
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Fall 2020, Dr. Agustina Paglayan will present on the expansion of primary education, state-building, and autocratic politics. Dr. Paglayan is an Assistant Professor at the University of California. STARTS: 3:00 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 ENDS: 4:00 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 LOCATION: […]
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Fall 2020, Dr. Alisha Caroline Holland will present on the political economy of Latin America, urban and social politics. Dr. Holland is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at Harvard University. STARTS: 3:00 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 ENDS: 4:00 pm on Wednesday, Oct. […]
In the seven months since the World Health Organization officially declared a global pandemic, Covid-19 has triggered human and economic a devastation to nations around the world. This has been particularly true in Latin America and Africa, where countries were already suffering from weak health systems, rising inequality, and debt distress. How has Covid-19 directly […]
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Barbara Stallings will present on the political economy and dependency of China and Latin America in the 21st century. Dr. Stallings is a William R. Rhodes Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. STARTS: 9:00 am on Wednesday, […]