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Book Launch: China and the Global Economic Order
By Kevin P. Gallagher and Gregory T. Chin More than any time since their founding in 1944, the International Monetary Read more

Reviving Chinese Development Finance in the Global South
The multilateral system is falling short in mobilizing the level and composition of capital flows necessary for countries in the Read more

The Road to 2030: What Role for Chinese Development Finance?
By Rebecca Ray By 2030, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) other than China must mobilize an ambitious $3 trillion annually Read more

IMF Lending Returns to Low Levels While the PBOC Continues as the Largest Provider of Currency Swaps: Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, and Barbara Fritz In a world beset by lower growth prospects, unprecedented uncertainty in international Read more

Green Developmental Statecraft: The International Dimension of Green Structural Transformation in the Global South
Over the past 12 months, efforts to tackle a warming planet have lost momentum. There has already been a dialing Read more

Still Constraining Climate Policy: Assessing the Climate-Related Industrial Policy Landscape in Five Figures
By Rachel Thrasher and Praveena Bandara The consensus around the urgent need for climate policy continues to grow. In a Read more

Climate-Related Industrial Policies: Opportunities and Obstacles in the Global Trade and Investment Regime
Advanced economies that have criticized industrial policy in the past, are now increasingly turning to those tools in response to Read more

The Role of Climate-Positive Policies in Unlocking Finance for Inclusive Green Industrialization in Africa
Although Africa is responsible for less than 4 percent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bears the brunt Read more

The Impact of Climate-Related Investments on Fiscal and Debt Sustainability Across Africa
Climate change is a global environmental crisis that has perpetuated economic and fiscal challenges for countries all over the world. Read more

Global Development Policy Center – Annual Report 2025
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human Read more