Events

All Topics (December 1 through February 28)

9:00 AM
- GDP Center
Global Markets, Domestic Reforms? The Political Economy of China’s Overseas Energy Investments
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Meir Alkon will present on the political economy of China’s overseas energy investments. Alkon is a Non-Resident Fellow at the […]
Global Markets, Domestic Reforms? The Political Economy of China’s Overseas Energy Investments
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Meir Alkon will present on the political economy of China’s overseas energy investments. Alkon is a Non-Resident Fellow at the […]

9:00 AM
- GDP Center
Estimating the Social Costs of 21st Century Coal Fired Power – Evidence from a Chinese Financed Power Plant in Pakistan
As part of the Fall 2020 Global China Research Colloquium, Dr. Bruce Larson will present on the social costs of 21st century coal fired power, based on evidence from a […]

9:30 AM
- GDP Center
China’s Overseas Development Finance Database: Webinar Launch & Demonstration
Chinese policy banks provided close to half a trillion dollars in development finance to foreign governments from 2008—2019. This new interactive database allows users to examine the geolocation of China’s […]
3:30 PM
- GDP Center
MA Capstone on Global Development: Green Global Recovery and Indonesia’s Labor Migration
The Capstone Course on Global Development brings together participants of M.A. Global Development Programs from the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies and the Department of Economics to develop […]

7:00 AM
- GDP Center
Guaranteeing Access to Medicines: Reforming Trade and Investment Treaties in the COVID-19 Era
Eight months into COVID-19, what is the status of the international investment regime and access to essential medicines? The GDP Center’s Working Group on Trade and Access to Medicines will […]
9:30 AM
- GDP Center
Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India
As part of the Human Capital Initiative, Rachel Brulé will present her new book “Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India,” in a webinar moderated […]

8:00 AM
- GDP Center
Book Launch: Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon
In the new book “Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon,” authors Rebecca Ray, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Cynthia A. Sanborn explore what development banks, governments, and communities have […]

9:30 AM
- GDP Center
Webinar Launch – China, Debt, Climate and Nature: Opportunities for Financial Stability
Can China implement debt-for-nature and debt-for-climate swaps to protect the environment and reduce global debt? Join Boston University’s Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and special guests Carlos Larrea and […]

4:00 PM
- GDP Center
Levels of Pay or Levels of Pain? Migration, Status and Stratification in the GCC Arabian Gulf Region
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Spring 2021, Dr. Kathleen Park will present on labor migration, enterprises, and innovation in the Arabian Gulf Region. Dr. Park […]

9:00 AM
- GDP Center
China’s Global Energy Finance & China-Latin America Development Finance Database Updates
The COVID-19 pandemic along with the unfolding sovereign debt and climate crises have considerably upended government lending. The economies of Latin America contracted by 7.7 percent in 2020, the largest […]

10:30 AM
- GDP Center
Book Launch: Southern-Led Development Finance – Solutions from the Global South
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, it was clear the global economy needed a reset and a massive increase in public investment. In the last decade, it is no exaggeration to […]