Tag: GDP Center

Call for Proposals: Collaborative Grants on Global Development Policy

Request for Proposals Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for faculty-led research papers in global development policy. Founded on September 1, 2017, the GDP Center is a Boston University-wide center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Vice President […]

Fueling Global Energy Finance: The Emergence of China in Global Energy Investment

Energy is the lifeblood of the global economy, critical to all sectors of the economy including agriculture, transportation, waste collection, information technology and communications sources. In 2011, energy expenditures amounted to approximately 10 percent of the world gross domestic product (GDP), in which North America accounts for 20 percent, Europe for 25 percent and Japan […]