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Summer in the Field: How Does Climate Change Affect Economic Productivity? A Global Perspective from 2000-2017
By Ericka Osses Climate change poses significant risks to the global economy by affecting labor productivity, influencing investment decisions and Read more
Redefining Models for Global Green Cooperation: Lessons from China’s Emerging Partnerships
By Mengdi Yue As climate, biodiversity and pollution crises intensify, the call for green transformation has become universal. Yet while Read more
Report on Compulsory Licensing Provisions in the National Patent Legislation of 15 Middle-Income Countries: A Content Analysis and Recommendations
The access to medicines discourse over the past 30 years has highlighted the myriad of obstacles to access experienced by Read more
Selective Engagement and Strategic Retooling: Chinese Loans to Africa Database, 2000–2024
A new update to the Chinese Loans to Africa (CLA) Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Read more
Chart of the Week: How Much Should Multilateral Development Banks Contribute to the Baku to Belém Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion?
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Marina Zucker-Marques Last week, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) Presidency published the Read more
The Land Gap: How Conservation Can Make Sovereign Debt Crises Less Common
By Rebecca Ray Globally, conserving nature is a key priority for protecting communities and economies from the catastrophic impacts of Read more
Defunding the Amazon: Mapping ISDS Risk from the Oil and Gas Sector in Amazonian Countries
The protection of the Amazon is a central theme of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. Read more
Desvendando o “Pecado Digital”: ForexTech e as Novas Fronteiras da Volatilidade Cambial
Por Pedro Perfeito da Silva e Marina Zucker-Marques A expansão das FinTechs—inovações tecnológicas em serviços financeiros—está mudando a forma como Read more
Decoding “Digital Sin”: ForexTech and the New Frontiers of Currency Instability
By Pedro Perfeito da Silva and Marina Zucker-Marques The spread of FinTech—technology-driven innovation in financial services—is changing how people and Read more
Financial Subordination Goes Digital: Assessing the Drivers of Brazil’s Exchange Rate Instability
Since the crisis of the Bretton Woods order, capitalist economies have experienced a pervasive impulse to financialization, characterized by the Read more