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US “Reciprocal” Trade Agreements and the Seven Sovereignties Constrained for Developing Countries
By Rachel Thrasher and Tim Hirschel-Burns The United States’ new Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ARTs) represent a novel form of Read more
Is Perception Reality? Evidence from Cross-Language Media Sentiments on the Chinese Economy
By Marialuz Moreno Badia and Vikram Dixit Kumaraswamy Economists have increasingly turned to news coverage to gauge economic sentiment in Read more
Perception Matters: Evidence from Cross-Language Media on the Chinese Economy
A new working paper from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center developed new cross-language sentiment indices capable of measuring Read more
Subsidised Retirement Beats a Buyout for China-backed Coal Plants – and Only China Can Make It Happen
By Alex Clark In 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a halt to new public funding for coal plants abroad. Read more
International Investment Pushes Past and Present: Synthesizing and Concluding the Blog Series
By Tim Hirschel-Burns This blog is part of a blog series on past large-scale international investment programs and the lessons Read more
The Safe Assets Under Central Bankers’ Pillows
By Marina Zucker-Marques and Kevin P. Gallagher Last month, the world’s major central bankers converged upon Jackson Hole during a Read more
Coal to Clean Transition Pathways for Pakistan
By Zainab Babar, Dr. Khalid Waleed Pakistan's power sector is a study in contradictions: real progress shadowed by unresolved structural Read more
Transitioning Coal-Fired Power Plants in Pakistan: Pathways for Early Retirement and Repurposing
A new report released in collaboration with the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute Read more
Norm Defenders in a Multipolar Institutional Field: Transnational Environmental and Social Advocacy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
By Andrea Zhu Four decades ago, a transnational network of advocates took on the world’s largest development institution. Throughout the Read more
How Do Changes in a Country-Industry’s Relative Position in Global Value Chains Impact Labor Shares?
By Lin Shi Understanding the income distribution among factors of production is crucial for examining countries’ long-run economic growths. Economists Read more