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Seminar Summary – Public Opinion, Racial Bias and US Labor Market Outcomes
By Richa Jindal Racism has a global historic root that has both been propagated in various forms. Often, people who Read more
Summer in the Field: Women’s Empowerment and Health-seeking Behavior in Bangladesh
By Kazi Mukitul Islam Despite being large in numbers, women remain socially marginalized and underrepresented in low-income countries. They are Read more
Meeting Words with Action? The 2023 IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Review
By Tim Hirschel-Burns From October 9-15, thousands of finance ministry representatives, policymakers, researchers and academics, civil society advocates, press and Read more
Webinar Summary: Evaluating the Promise of the BRI at 10
By Ishana Ratan On Thursday, October 12, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted a webinar discussion Read more
Reforming Bretton Woods Institutions to Achieve Climate Change and Development Goals
Countries will need to mobilize a stepwise increase in domestic resources and put in place a broad array of new Read more
Seminar Summary – 16th International Conference on Migration and Development
By Claire Paul From October 2-3, 2023, the French Development Agency (AFD), World Bank Development Group (DECGR), Boston University Global Read more
Webinar Summary – The World that Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era
By Praveena Bandara On September 26, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Margarita Fajardo, Professor of Read more
Webinar Summary – Why Not Default?: The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt
By Rachel Thrasher On October 5, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Jerome Roos, Fellow in Read more
Bond Market Crises and International Lender of Last Resort
As pandemic fears gripped investors in March 2020, foreign officials, US leveraged funds and US bond funds all dumped US Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
By Claire Paul and Maureen Heydt To mark the tenth anniversary of China’s historic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Read more