For the Least Developed Countries, Revitalising Multilateralism is Life or Death
By Kevin P. Gallagher UNSDG, August 2019.
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What Will it Take for Brazilian Farmers to Decrease Fire Use in the Amazon?
By Rachel Garrett The Globe Post, August 2019.
Selin Launches NSF Project on Mercury in Artisanal Mining
Henrik Selin is part of a National Science Foundation-funded project on “Mercury Pollution and Human-Technical-Environmental Interactions in Artisanal Mining.” Selin is working on the project with a team including Noelle Selin, Steven Barrett and Ruth Goldstein. The project applies a social, technical and environmental systems perspective to analyze mercury use and human well-being with a focus on artisanal […]
Assessing China’s most comprehensive response to the “debt trap”: the Belt and Road ‘Debt Sustainability Framework’
By Ma Xinyue Panda Paw Dragon Claw, July 2019.
Why the African Monetary Fund is a good idea and what can be done to get it going
By William N. Kring Conversation, July 2019.
After the free trade agreement, we need to focus on realizing the African Monetary Fund
By William N. Kring Quartz Africa, July 2019.
IDB Meets in Guayaquil, Ecuador amid China-US Tensions, Safeguard Revision
Leaders from across the Americas and beyond are gathering in Guayaquil, Ecuador today for the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. The meeting comes at a crucial juncture for the bank. As its leaders converge, the IDB is undertaking a major revision of its environmental and social safeguards, while also seeking to heal internal […]
China and the Amazon: Toward a Framework of Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Risks in Infrastructure Development
The emergence of China as a new economic partner for Amazon basin countries has brought benefits to South America and China alike. In less than two decades, China has become an important market for the region’s products and an essential source of finance and investment. The burgeoning relationship has granted China access to new products […]
The fierce urgency of now: Toward a new multilateralism
Kevin P. Gallagher, Director of the GDP Center, recently published an Op-Ed, with UNCTAD Division on Globalization and Development Strategies (GDS) Director Richard Kozul-Wright, on the need for multilateral trade organizations to align with Sustainable Development and Paris Agreement goals. The Op-Ed, titled “The fierce urgency of now: Toward a new multilateralism”, was published on the Brookings blog “Future […]
Klinger Interviewed for Podcast on the Significance of Connecticut’s New Environmental Bill on Offshore Winds
Julie Klinger, Associate Director of the Land Use & Livelihoods Initiative and Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a recent podcast titled “What’s The Significance Of Connecticut’s New Commitment To Offshore Wind?”. Where We Live Podcast, June 2019.