Por Zara C. Albright Entre 2008 y 2019, los países de América Latina suscribieron $132 mil millones de créditos de las instituciones chinas para el financiamiento de desarrollo (IFDs) y $155 mil millones del Banco Mundial, incluso las ventanillas del Banco Internacional para la Reconstrucción de Desarrollo y de la Asociación Internacional para el Desarrollo. […]
By Zara C. Albright Between 2008-2019, Latin American (LAC) countries borrowed $132 billion from Chinese development finance institutions (DFIs) and $155 billion from the World Bank, including its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA) windows. Figure 1 illustrates the region’s borrowing patterns; LAC countries have consistently borrowed higher numbers […]
Between 2008-2019, Latin American (LAC) countries borrowed $132 billion from Chinese development finance institutions (DFIs) and $155 billion from the World Bank. Over 20 LAC countries have become signatories of China’s Belt and Road Initiative since its inception. Additionally, LAC was the first region that United States officials visited to promote the US’s own infrastructure […]
Over the last year, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments took intentional steps forward in their relationships with China, with frequent visits to discuss the important emerging sectors, such as telecommunications and renewable energy supply chains. Concurrently, while lower-technology mineral and agricultural commodities continue to dominate LAC exports to China, Chinese firms operating in LAC […]
Por Zara C. Albright A capacidade anual global de geração de energia precisará ser 90 por cento renovável entre 2022-2030 para limitar o aquecimento global a 1,5 graus Celsius. Aumentos significativos na produção de materiais de transição, especialmente lítio e cobre, são necessários para apoiar esse crescimento e provavelmente levarão a um boom de commodities […]
Por Zara C. Albright La nueva capacidad de generación de energía anual global tendrá que ser un 90 por ciento renovable entre 2022 y 2030 a fin de limitar el calentamiento global a 1,5 °C. Se precisan aumentos significativos en la producción de materiales de transición, especialmente litio y cobre, para apoyar este crecimiento, lo […]
By Zara C. Albright Global annual new energy generation capacity will need to be 90 percent renewable between 2022-2030 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Significant increases in the production of transition materials, especially lithium and copper, are necessary to support this growth and will likely lead to a commodity boom for such […]
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires the dramatic acceleration of renewable energy deployment. This expansion is already occurring, with China playing the largest role in the expansion of solar and wind energy supply chains. Several of these supply chains begin in Latin America, which leads the world in deposits of lithium, copper and other critical transition […]
The China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM), China’s two most active development finance institutions (DFIs), have historically accounted for the bulk of China’s overall lending to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, though lending has declined significantly in recent years. Between 2015-2020, the LAC region saw a precipitous […]
By Christina Duran The Latin American Studies Association, the premier international association of scholars of Latin America and the Latin American diaspora, has recently announced that Susan Eckstein, Professor of Sociology and of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, will be awarded the Association’s Kalman Silvert Award for distinguished […]