By Sayuri Kataoka and Claire Paul The Fall 2023 Global Economic Governance Book Talk Series convened five distinguished scholars with recent books on topics ranging from Active Non-Alignment in Latin America to the political economy of sovereign debt default and more. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) advances policy-oriented research to align global economic governance […]
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 […]
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 Oyintarelado (Tarela) Moses On October 20, 2022, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Léonce Ndikumana to discuss his new book ‘On the Trail of Capital Flight from Africa: The Takers and the Enablers.’ Through qualitative, quantitative and institutional analysis, the book edited by Ndikumana and James K. Boyce investigates the dynamics of […]
By José Luis Reséndiz On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted Dr. Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford, to discuss his new book Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others […]
By Rebecca Ray On Tuesday, September 13, Dr. Justin Yifu Lin, Director of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, joined the Fall 2022 Global China Research Colloquium to discuss the future of industrialization in a post-pandemic world. Industrialization has been a dominant goal for developing nations for much of the last century. […]
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 Pamela Icyeza On November 1, 2021, Alden Young, historian of Northeast Africa and Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, gave a talk as part of the 2021 Walter Rodney Seminars at the Boston University African Studies Center co-sponsored by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. In his talk, Young discussed […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary On Tuesday, October 5, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center co-hosted a webinar discussion with seven institutions from around the world on establishing a development-centered climate policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The discussion was co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Group of 24 (G24), the Vulnerable Group of Twenty […]