Events
All Topics (August 1 through October 31)
Wednesday, August 7
- 9:00 AM
China-Africa Trade, Finance and Foreign Direct Investment Report, on the Road to FOCAC
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) manages a suite of interactive databases that collectively track hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese loans and investment to a […]
Wednesday, September 4
- 10:00 AM
Chinese Loans to Africa Database – Data Update, 2000-2023
A new update to the Chinese Loans to Africa (CLA) Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, provides insights and analysis on the state of Chinese lending
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Tuesday, September 10
- 4:00 PM
POSTPONED - The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society with Joseph E. Stiglitz
The United States is a nation born from the conviction that people must be free. But, according to one of the nation’s most preeminent economists, since the middle of the
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Wednesday, September 18
- 4:00 PM
Global Development Policy Center – Fall 2024 Open House
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe. A
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Wednesday, September 25
- 12:30 PM
The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action and Agrarian Reform in Mexico
How does the presence of individual exit options, like emigration, influence citizen collective action and political change?
Emily Sellars explores this question and more in her book “The Politics
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Monday, October 21
- 4:00 PM
The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet
Green electricity is key to curbing climate change, but while prices of solar and wind power have tumbled, the golden era of renewables has yet to materialize.
What if the
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Tuesday, October 22
- 4:00 PM
Climate, Development and International Financial Institutions: Perspectives from the Global South
Precisely at a time when a rapid mobilization of resources is required to achieve development and climate change goals, the cost of capital has soared, economic growth has remained sluggish,
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Wednesday, October 23
- 12:30 PM
Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from the Informal Sector: Evidence from Bangladesh
In the eighth most populated country in the world, millions of Bangladeshis are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The low-lying nation is susceptible to sea level rise and
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