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Development Beyond Debt: Why Financing Public Assets at Affordable Rates is Key
By Justin Yifu Lin, Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu The Bretton Woods system, established 80 years ago in July 1944, Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns The 2024 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings will take place from October 21-27 in Read more
China, South-South Cooperation and Supporting Green Development
By Jiaqi Lu The exchange of knowledge, technology and resources among developing countries through South-South cooperation has been crucial in Read more
Green Opening-up and South-South Cooperation
The systemic impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are evolving profoundly, highlighting the vulnerability of public systems and governance Read more
Sustainable Trade and Sustainable Supply Chains
A global transition toward sustainable trade and supply chains is essential in the age of climate change and energy decarbonization. Read more
Into the Woods: Understanding the Environmental Consequences of IMF Programs
By Timon Forster In 2023, 3.7 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost around the world, which amounts to Read more
The International Monetary Fund and Deforestation: Analyzing the Environmental Consequences of Conditional Lending
International financial institutions (IFIs) have in recent years increased the volume of their financing in an effort to support national Read more
Trading Partners and Market Shapers: The Role of China in the Global Trade of Low-carbon Technologies
By Jiaqi Lu As the world faces the urgent challenges of climate change, global trade for low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is Read more
GDP Center Round-Up: 2024 Summer in the Field Research Outcomes
By Akanksha Goyal With research projects spanning from Ghana to Greece, the 2024 cohort of Summer in the Field Fellows Read more
Summer in the Field: Why People Don’t Register Deaths in Ghana
By Vasudha Ramakrishna Funerals are big events in Ghana, very extravagant and expensive, with people often borrowing heavily to carry Read more