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Summer in the Field: Women, Work and Politics in China’s New Era of Family Planning
By Si Wu China’s one-child policy, one of the most well-known state policies, impacted hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens Read more

Webinar Summary – Latin American Foreign Policies in the New World Order: The Active Non-Alignment Option
By Manuel Cruz On Thursday, September 14, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Frederick Read more

Summer in the Field: How Surging Tourism and Development in Belize are Threatening Coastal Mangroves
By Mira Kelly-Fair The Central American country of Belize is experiencing rapid development due to an increase in tourists, expatriates Read more

Webinar Summary: Chinese Loans to Africa Database – Data Update
By Lucas Engel On Thursday, September 21, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted a webinar to introduce a Read more

Multilateral Development Banks Need to be Involved in Debt Relief Efforts – Here’s How It Would Work
By Marina Zucker-Marques With the worsening debt situation in developing countries, the ongoing debt relief negotiations within the Group of Read more

Debt Relief by Multilateral Lenders: Why, How and How Much?
As the sovereign debt crisis in the Global South continues to unfold, the lack of involvement of multilateral development banks Read more

Empirical Analysis of Chinese Overseas Power Plant Investments: Likelihood of Suspensions and Associated Environmental Risks
In recent years, China has emerged as one of the world’s largest financiers in the global energy sector, and Chinese-financed Read more

Summer in the Field: Documenting Whistled Languages in South Africa
By Andre Batchelder-Schwab We arrived at the traditional chief’s palace with two buckets of KFC chicken, soft drinks and the Read more

A New State of Lending: Chinese Loans to Africa
A new update to the Chinese Loans to Africa (CLA) Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Read more

How Innovative Financing Mechanisms Can Green the Belt and Road Initiative
By Niccolò Manych and Ishana Ratan The year 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Read more