By Mridhu Khanna On November 9, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted Eric Helleiner, Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, for the final installment of the Fall 2023 Global Economic Governance Initiative Book Talk Series. Helleiner spoke to the Boston University community about his latest book, The […]
Southeast Asia is one of the regions with the world’s highest species richness and endemism. Its tropical ecosystems are characterized by rich biodiversity and complex biotic interactions among their species. Unfortunately, today, this region exhibits the world’s highest vertebrate extinction rates, primarily due to severe habitat loss. The countries in this region have seen deforestation […]
Last week, China commemorated the tenth anniversary of its flagship global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), by hosting the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. International leaders flocked to the Forum, at which Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined China’s vision for an open, inclusive and interconnected world for […]
By Ishana Ratan On Thursday, October 12, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) hosted a webinar discussion on the impacts and implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in its 10 years of shaping global development. Oyintarelado Moses, Data Analyst and Database Manager, and Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher, presented key […]
Countries will need to mobilize a stepwise increase in domestic resources and put in place a broad array of new policies in order to meet the targets set out under the Paris Agreement on climate change and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Delivering economic growth and prosperity in a manner that is […]
By Rachel Thrasher On October 5, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Jerome Roos, Fellow in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics & Political Science, to discuss the main ideas of his book, “Why Not Default? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt.” The event, which was the third […]
To mark the tenth anniversary of China’s historic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing in mid-October, with several international leaders scheduled to attend. The BRI is an ambitious global infrastructure platform to expand connectivity, economic integration, growth and cooperation across the […]
By Sayuri Kataoka and Samantha Igo Policymakers are facing a critical inflection point: the window to act on climate change is rapidly closing, climate shocks and overwhelming debt service payments threaten to undo decades of progress and stymie future investments in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), while, concomitantly, the existing international financial system is […]
By Lucas Engel On Thursday, September 21, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted a webinar to introduce a new update to the Chinese Loans to Africa (CLA) Database and discuss past and current trends in Chinese lending to the continent. Oyintarelado Moses, Data Analyst and Database Manager at the GDP Center presented and […]
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center’s (GDP Center) mission is to advance policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability. The GDP Center is a University-wide research center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School for Global Studies and the Office of Research at Boston University. The ambition of the GDP […]