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Green Growth or Commodity Dependence? The LAC-China Relationship in 2025
By Rebecca Ray In 2024, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) had a record trade deficit with China, amounting to Read more
Event Summary: ‘A Proposal for a Climate Bargain Based on Local Climate Damages’
By Molly Breen-Aronson On Thursday, October 23, Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Director of the Read more
Can Carbon Taxes Close Latin America and the Caribbean’s Climate Finance Gap?
By Daniel Titelman As temperatures in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) heat up, economies in the region are cooling Read more
China-Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Bulletin, 2025 Edition
In 2024, China’s relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) continued to grow, especially in the emerging sectors of Read more
How Has China Helped the Green Transformation Along the Belt and Road: Four Channels
By Yan Wang As the deadline for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) draws near, the world economy faces Read more
Greening the Belt and Road with Four Underlying Mechanisms
With five years to go before the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline, official statements have stressed that only 18 percent Read more
International Investment Pushes Past and Present: Introducing the Blog Series
By Tim Hirschel-Burns Political winds may have shifted in some major powers, but reality has not: a global investment push Read more
Chart of the Week: Debt Distress: The Hidden Barrier to Scaling Up Adaptation Finance
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Tim Hirschel-Burns As negotiations at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Read more
How We Track China’s Overseas Development Finance: A Guide to GDP Center’s Four Flagship Databases
By Yiyuan Qi and William Olichney As China’s overseas financing activities expand across the globe, the need for reliable, detailed Read more
Summer in the Field: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Equity-Based Incentives in Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for Improved Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Rwanda
By Angeline Mumararungu During my 2025 Summer in the Field Fellowship, I had the opportunity to pursue a research project Read more