For the second year in a row, the China-Latin America Finance Database, jointly managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and the Inter-American Dialogue, recorded no new overseas finance commitments from China to Latin American governments or state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2021 through its two most active policy banks, the China Development Bank […]
By Bridgette Lang The Boston University Global Development Policy Center manages a suite of five interactive public databases that collectively track hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese loans and investment to a variety of sectors, including energy and other infrastructure development. The Global China Initiative within the GDP Center manages and updates these databases […]
The Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center is a University-wide center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. The GDP Center’s mission is to advance policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability. The Global China Initiative (GCI) at the GDP Center maintains a suite of five interactive […]
Chinese policy bank finance to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments and state-run companies fell to roughly $1.1 billion in 2019, down from the $2.1 billion that the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) provided to the region the year before. The low levels of Chinese policy bank lending in […]