By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Wednesday, March 23, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, the Boston University Institute for Economic Development and the Boston University Department of Economics hosted the third Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture in Global Development Policy. The 2022 Distinguished Speaker was Dani Rodrik, renowned economist and Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the […]
With the world again reeling from a new COVID-19 variant, the economic outlook for 2022 is defined by uncertainty and inequality. Advanced economies, where vaccines are widely available, are beginning to recover, but concerns over rising inflation are prodding central banks to consider increasing interest rates. Developing countries, meanwhile, face bleak prospects: low vaccine access […]
By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Thursday, January 20, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) co-hosted a webinar book launch of ‘The Case for a New Bretton Woods’, authored by GDP Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of UNCTAD’s Globalization and Development […]
As 2021 comes to a close and the world faces another year battling COVID-19, experts from our Global Economic Governance Initiative look back on the policy progress – and shortcomings – for the year, and highlight what to keep an eye on for 2022. Below, read key takeaways on vaccine equity, sovereign debt, global financial […]
By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Friday, November 19, Rachel Thrasher, researcher and legal expert of the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted a conversation with Ha-Joon Chang, renowned economist and prolific author, including the landmark book, Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Context. The conversation centered on Thrasher’s new book, Constraining Development: the Shrinking […]
By Samantha Igo As of late 2021, nearly 60 percent of the United States has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with similar levels of inoculation across the European Union and other wealthy nations. In stark contrast, just 5 percent of people across all low-income countries have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Katie Gallogly-Swan While the outcome of COP26 was far from meeting shared climate goals, there are abundant opportunities to drive change and advance development and climate goals in the coming year. Governments, development finance institutions and civil society must use the achievements in Glasgow as a launch pad for concrete […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Katie Gallogly-Swan Amid a flurry of high-level plurilateral commitments and late-night negotiations, the Glasgow Climate Pact of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was agreed on Saturday, November 13 with the drop of the gavel. Additional pledges and commitments put global warming on track to reach between a […]
By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Monday, September 27, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) hosted a webinar discussion to explore the future of US trade policy under the Biden administration. The discussion was moderated by the GDP Center Researcher Rachel Thrasher and featured Richard […]
By Katie Gallogly-Swan and Rachel Thrasher Severe vaccine inequality continues to undermine efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, but a focus only on distribution eludes a deeper problem: the world is simply not making enough vaccines. A new policy brief from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center argues meeting the global vaccination challenge will […]