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Webinar Summary: China’s Global Energy Finance Database – Data Update, 2000-2023
By Thang Ha On November 14, 2024, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar on the Read more
A Roadmap for Unlocking the Potential of Multilateral Development Banks Exists – and the G20 Just Endorsed It
By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary A $4 trillion financing gap to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Read more
Seminar Summary – Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On November 20, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Jon Denton-Schneider, Assistant Professor of Economics at Read more
Webinar Summary – Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach
By Praveena Bandara On November 7, 2024, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted Marina Zucker-Marques, Senior Academic Read more
Acting in Parallel on Debt and Development before It is Too Costly and Too Late
Emerging market and developed countries must meet their shared climate and development goals to avoid the catastrophic costs of inaction. Read more
A One United Nations for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
By Kamal Malhotra The United Nations (UN) is arguably the world’s most enduring and all-encompassing “global public good.” In fact, Read more
China’s Creditor Diversification in Africa: Impacts and Challenges of Infrastructure Debt-Financing by Chinese Commercial Creditors
Chinese overseas lending has drawn attention for their support to developing countries in infrastructure development, as well as growing criticism Read more
Better Understanding the Renminbi’s Internationalization
By Marina Zucker-Marques In the evolving landscape of international finance, the internationalization of China's currency, the renminbi, has become a Read more
Currency Internationalization, Payment Infrastructures and Central Banks: An Institutional Analysis of Renminbi Internationalization
What role do central banks play in designing cross-border payment infrastructure as part of a broader agenda of currency internationalization? Read more
Political Coalitions for the Energy Transition? How Foreign Companies are Shaping Renewable Energy Policymaking in the Global South
By Ishana Ratan Low- and middle-income countries face the dual goals of decarbonization and development. It might be expected that Read more