By Praveena Bandara On September 26, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Margarita Fajardo, Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College, to discuss her new book ‘The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era.’ In the book, Fajardo draws on various […]
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 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 […]
By Zara C. Albright On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion with Margaret Myers of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Ray of the GDP Center and Ignacio Tornero, Founder and CEO of East Consulting and an Adjunct Instructor with Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile, to discuss […]
By Luma Ramos and Rebecca Ray The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared that the world stands at a ‘now or never’ moment. In this decade, nations must make the necessary investments to prevent global warming from surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius. Without those investments, the world will suffer severe consequences, including devastating human, ecological and […]
A debt crisis is emerging in the Global South at the precise moment when substantial investment is needed to meet shared climate and development goals. Yet, the G20 Common Framework has been unable to engage all creditor classes or link debt relief to climate and development. How can emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) find […]
By Christina Duran From post-pandemic industrialization to COVID-19 and southern African sovereign debt, researchers from around the world explored a variety of topics as part of the Fall 2022 Global China Initiative Research Colloquium over the past four months. The webinar series kicked off in September 2022, with a discussion led by Dr. Justin Yifu […]
As 2022 comes to a close and the world confronts the “polycrisis,” researchers from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center highlight where progress has been made, where policy movement has stagnated and what to keep an eye on for 2023. Below, read key takeaways on the green energy revolution, sovereign debt, Chinese loans to […]
By Rebecca Ray From 2020-2022, China has presided over the Council of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP). Their leadership has included the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund and the consideration of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Concomitantly, researchers at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center have been tracking […]
In 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved reforms to make short-term operations available to low-income countries and reform lending to higher-income countries. Many scholars have noted that the 2008 Global Financial Crisis appeared to loosen austerity measures in favor of more counter-cyclical approaches. However, it remains an open question whether the IMF followed through […]