The fierce urgency of now: Toward a new multilateralism
by Kevin P. Gallagher Brookings, June 2019.
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Will the G-20 provide the urgent leadership needed on climate action?
By Amar Bhattacharya Brookings, June 2019.
Sustainable Infrastructure to Secure the Natural Capital of the Amazon
The Amazon stores 120 billion tons of carbon, supports rainfall systems that are critical for regional economies and provides habitat for one-third of the world’s species. Investments to secure the Amazon’s natural capital are an essential step to supporting sustainable infrastructure. Under traditional approaches to infrastructure development, the Amazon’s natural capital is at risk. In […]
China and the Amazon: Toward a Framework for Maximizing Benefits and Mitigating Risks of Infrastructure Development
By Rebecca Ray and Kevin P. Gallagher The Dialogue, May 2019.
Leveraging China’s “Green Soft Power” For Responsible Belt and Road Initiative Investment
By Ye Wang, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Miquel Muñoz Cabré Forbes, May 2019.
In their own time, on their own terms: Improving development bank project outcomes through community-centered sustainable development partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon
By Julie Michelle Klinger LULI Working Paper, February 2019
Announcing GDP Center 2019 Summer in the Field Fellows
We are proud to announce our Summer in the Field Research Fellows for 2019: Amelia Dangerfield, Emily Hammel, Jonathan D. Shaffer, Hiwote Solomon, Kehan Wang, and Zeying Wu. The Summer in the Field Program offers summer stipends up to $4,000 to qualified Masters and PhD students to participate in internship opportunities and field research related to […]
GDP Center Database Featured in Reuters
The GDP Center’s China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database was cited in a Reuters article entitled, “On South America’s largest solar farm, Chinese power radiates”. Reuters, April 23 2019.
A New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity: Geneva Principles for a Global Green New Deal
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 Boston University Global Development Policy Center partnered with the […]
New GDP Center Research on IMF Reform, Trade Treaties, and MDB Governance
World finance and development leaders coming to Washington this week for the annual Spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank will find a Washington hostile to multilateralism. Ahead of the meetings, the Global Economic Governance Initiative of Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center releases three new studies that highlight the current crisis in the multilateral […]