By Naomi Frim-Abrams On March 20, 2024, the Spring 2024 Human Capital Initiative Research Seminar Series hosted Elisa Maffioli, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, to discuss her forthcoming study on the effect of social influence on vaccination behavior during COVID-19 in Kenya. The study evaluates a campaign where […]
By Tim Hirschel-Burns On Wednesday, February 28, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) and Centre for Policy Dialogue co-hosted an event at the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Trade and Sustainability Hub, which took place alongside the 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Rachel Thrasher, […]
By Rachel Thrasher From February 26-29 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet for the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13). Like many international institutions, the WTO faces the challenge of meeting its original mandate amid multiple global crises, and MC13 presents a vital opportunity for trade ministers […]
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have an opportunity at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February 2024 to grant an extension to the much-embattled Waiver to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The Waiver, proposed more than three years ago, was intended to allow countries and their pharmaceutical firms […]
By Rachel Thrasher As the World Trade Organization (WTO) member states prepare to meet in Abu Dhabi in February for the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), arguably one of the most important decisions they face is whether to extend the much-embattled Waiver of certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) […]
Since the establishment of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in 2001, there has been a concern that the now-global rules governing intellectual property (IP) protection would present obstacles to securing access to medicines for populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A few years later, the […]
While Latin America’s development bank, Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (the Latin American Reserve Fund, or FLAR) went largely unnoticed for much of the 20th century, it has evolved considerably during its more than four decades in operation. It began as a small reserve pooling arrangement for Andean countries and now occupies a vital role as […]
By Laurissa Mühlich, Barbara Fritz and William N. Kring Reform of the international financial architecture has become a pivotal issue, particularly for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) facing pressures from all sides: high interest rates, an increasing cost of capital, growing sovereign debt burdens, rising geopolitical tensions and climate shocks. The Global Financial Safety […]
By Richa Jindal Racism has a global historic root that has both been propagated in various forms. Often, people who propagate racism are situated in positions of power; their actions can therefore negatively impact vulnerable communities, which have suffered economically and socially by racial suppression. Historically, racism has also defined and dictated the socio-economic status […]
As pandemic fears gripped investors in March 2020, foreign officials, US leveraged funds and US bond funds all dumped US bonds. This massive selling severely strained the working of the US bond market. In a new book chapter in Fault Lines after COVID-19: Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities, Robert N. McCauley discusses the response of […]