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Even before the COVID-19 crisis, it was clear the global economy needed a reset and a massive increase in public investment.<\/p>\n
In the last decade, it is no exaggeration to say that the leadership for this has come from the South \u2013 as Southern-owned development banks, infrastructure funds, foreign exchange reserve funds and sovereign wealth funds have doubled the amount of long-term finance available to developing countries. It was also available on easier terms, more quickly, with fewer conditionalities, and arguably with more willingness to invest in renewable and \u201cgreen\u201d activities.<\/p>\n
What will this new era of development finance look like? And how will the Global South seek to transform their economies and shield themselves from global economic turbulence?<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Feb. 25, join Boston University\u2019s Global Development Policy Center and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for a webinar discussion and book launch for \u2018Southern-Led Development Finance: Solutions from the Global South<\/a>,\u2019 a new volume from Routledge Press.<\/p>\n The book, edited by Diana Barrowclough, Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright, examines some of the innovative new South-South financial arrangements and institutions that have emerged in recent years.<\/p>\n Written by practitioners in development banking in Asia and Latin America, and global experts from academia and international development policy, it highlights the extent to which the landscape of long-term finance has really changed and what this might mean for the future.<\/p>\n Chapter authors Mah Hui Lim and Luma Ramos will present on the experiences of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, respectively. The webinar will include a Q&A session and discussion of what comes next for Southern-led development finance.<\/p>\n Moderator:<\/strong><\/p>\n Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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