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Event Summary: What Time Is It? A Cross-Cutting Conference on Historical Perspectives and Global Governance Reform
By Brigid Smith The History and Political Economy (HPE) Project and the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center held a two-day Read more
How Can China’s Debt Sustainability Analysis Better Serve Global South’s Development Goals?
By Tianyi Wu The current debt and development crisis in the Global South has resurfaced a long-standing tension in sovereign Read more
Debt Sustainability with Chinese Characteristics: Norm Convergence and Its Limits in Sovereign Lending
In 2019, China introduced the Belt and Road Initiative Debt Sustainability Framework (BRI–DSF) for low-income countries (LICs), offering a critical Read more
GDP Center Signs Partnership Agreement with Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
To reinforce commitments to international cooperation and policy research for global change, the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center has officially Read more
Later Entrance into Primary School May Improve Education, Health and Economic Outcomes – Evidence from Lesotho
Starting school at an older age may result in greater health, educational, and economic well-being among children in low- and Read more
Why Competitive Politics Can Pull Development Finance Away from Need
By Keyi Tang As development finance tightens, the most important question may not be who is lending, but how domestic Read more
Commodity-Price-Linked Bonds: Enhancing Debt Resilience in Commodity-Dependent Economies
By early 2025, debt servicing pressures had intensified. Interest payments exceed 10 percent of government revenues in 56 developing countries—double Read more
Disentangling Decision-Making: Chinese Infrastructure Finance in Africa
By Tianyi Wu In 2016, China committed $28.8 billion in infrastructure loans to African countries––a record peak that has been Read more
Resurgence to Retirement: Global Insights on Transitioning Away from Coal
By Kaihui Song The year 2025 recorded the largest net addition to global coal capacity in over a decade, driven Read more
From Paradigm Maintenance to Paradigm Shift: A Mood Change on Industrial Policy
By Richard Kozul-Wright Last month, the World Bank announced the return of Industrial Policy for Development in a report described Read more