By Yudong (Nathan) Liu On November 16, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted a webinar to accompany the launch of new data in the China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database. The webinar was moderated by Oyintarelado Moses, Data Analyst and Database Manager, and featured presentations by Cecilia Springer, Non-resident Senior Fellow and […]
By Claire Paul From November 28-December 12, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The conference comes at a “milestone moment,” as participating representatives will assess their country’s progress in adhering to the goals set out by the Paris Agreement and conclude the first-ever Global Stocktake. […]
By Cecilia Han Springer The 2022 update to the China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, recorded no new energy development finance commitments from China to foreign governments in 2021 through its two most active policy banks, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of […]
By Xinyue Ma While the early growth of China’s overseas development finance in the energy sector had been bolster by fossil fuel investments, the Global Development Policy Center’s China’s Global Energy Finance Database shows that its recent decline is likewise driven by a stepwise decrease of fossil fuel investment, especially in oil and gas. This […]
The COVID-19 pandemic along with the unfolding sovereign debt and climate crises have considerably upended government lending. The economies of Latin America contracted by 7.7 percent in 2020, the largest contraction globally in the COVID-19 era and the largest in the region in 120 years. The region has experienced half a million deaths from the […]