By Hua-Ke (Kate) Chi On Thursday, January 26, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion for the 2023 update of the China’s Overseas Development Finance (CODF) Database, a global, harmonized, validated and geolocated database recording loan commitments from two major development finance institutions (DFIs) in China, the China Development Bank […]
By Christina Duran From post-pandemic industrialization to COVID-19 and southern African sovereign debt, researchers from around the world explored a variety of topics as part of the Fall 2022 Global China Initiative Research Colloquium over the past four months. The webinar series kicked off in September 2022, with a discussion led by Dr. Justin Yifu […]
By Rebecca Ray From 2020-2022, China has presided over the Council of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP). Their leadership has included the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund and the consideration of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Concomitantly, researchers at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center have been tracking […]
By Christina Duran On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion on the diversification of Chinese overseas economic engagement for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The webinar, as part of the Fall 2022 Global China Research Colloquium, featured Oyintarelado (Tarela) Moses, Data Analyst and Database […]
By Oyintarelado Moses, Anjali Kini and Keren Zhu The Group of 20 (G20) meetings are taking place in Indonesia this week, and top agenda items include financial stability and sustainable development. Infrastructure finance gaps in the Global South have widened in recent years as pressing demands to address connectivity bottlenecks and climate-related challenges have increased. […]
Infrastructure financing gaps in the Global South have widened in recent years with the need for addressing connectivity bottlenecks and climate-related challenges. To achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an additional $3.2 trillion or 2 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) is needed annually for sustainable infrastructure investment, and roughly $700 […]
By Oyintarelado Moses and Laura Gormley Through the ‘Going Out’ strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has become the largest source of official bilateral development finance. However, after reaching a peak in 2016, overseas development finance from China’s two main policy banks, the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China, […]
China’s ‘Going Out’ strategy and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched China to be the world’s largest source of cumulative bilateral official development finance. However, in recent years, overseas development finance from China’s policy banks has declined and China’s outward finance has diversified towards other channels. One emerging and under-studied area of China’s overseas economic […]
By Liaoguo Chen China’s overseas development finance has increased significantly over the last two decades, making China the largest bilateral official creditor in the world. The launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 has brought China’s overseas investment and financing to the next level in global expansion. However, the BRI has also […]
China’s flagship infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is known for being greenhouse gas intensive due to its historically large investments in fossil fuels. Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced in September 2021 that China would stop supporting the buildout of coal-fired power plants overseas, while likewise promising to scale up support for clean […]