Tag: Yunnan Chen
Chinese overseas lending has drawn attention for their support to developing countries in infrastructure development, as well as growing criticism for sovereign debt impacts. However, the institutions and instruments involved in overseas finance vary significantly and have undergone substantial changes over time. While financing has to date been dominated by policy banks, Export-Import Bank of […]
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 Yunnan Chen Following the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the role of debt finance—and China’s particular role in becoming the largest bilateral creditor to the developing world—has come to the fore as many developing countries, particularly in Africa, face crises on multiple fronts. Indeed, governments must now navigate an economic recession, a debt […]
In a new working paper, Global China Initiative Fellow Yunnan Chen examines the railway sector in Ethiopia and discusses the implications of local decision-making on technology, skills transfer, and Chinese contractors. Following the international surge of Chinese capital and companies in the last decade and the rise of the Belt and Road Initiative, many African […]