GDP Center Launches New Paper on EU-MERCOSUR FTA
The EU-MERCOSUR free trade agreement would represent the largest trade deal for both blocs in terms of number of citizens involved, but is likely to be a step toward less productive, more unequal and more vulnerable economies in both blocs.
GDP Center Hosts Webinar on Debt Relief for Middle-Income Countries
The GDP Center, ISPI, and T20 National Coordinator and Chair, brought together varied proposals from MICs and the international community to address the MICs’ external debt challenges.
Nahid Bhadelia Joins Pardee School Faculty
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia will head the newly established Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID), be an associate director at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), and join the Pardee School faculty through a joint appointment.
GDP Publishes Policy Brief on the Need for IMF Climate Strategy
The IMF has so far paid minimal and uneven attention to climate risks. If the IMF does not incorporate climate risks now, it won’t be able to change course for another 7-10 years.
GDP Center Publishes Policy Brief on COVID-19 Vaccination
The new policy brief considers the shortcomings of the current approach to global vaccination for COVID-19, how the TRIPS waiver could overcome these challenges, and counterarguments to the waiver.
GDP Center Hosts 2nd Paul Streeten Lecture on Global Development Policy
Do economies always grow fastest when left alone? Can governments spur economic development through active measures? What kinds of interventions are most effective?
GDP Center Publishes New Data on China’s Energy Financing
According to new data, China’s overseas energy financing decreased 43% from the $8.1 billion in lending to foreign countries recorded in 2019, the lowest level since 2008.
Faculty Weigh In On Priorities for Human Development
What should the top policy priorities be for supporting human development in the year ahead?
GDP Center Hosts Debt Swap Research Launch
The GDP Center’s new research assesses which countries are suitable for debt-for-climate and/or debt-for-nature swaps with China based on significant exposure to both Chinese debt and threats to climate/biodiversity.
GDP Center Hosts Book Launch for Women, Power, and Property
“New rights can make everyone better off, because they expand the pie of resources households have access to, if they enable daughters to negotiate.”
GDP Center Launches Database on China’s Development Finance
The new GDP Center database allow users to explore 615 Chinese development finance projects with specific geographic footprints.
GDP Center Publishes Report on Sustainable Debt Relief
“By relieving the debts of the poor and releasing the money to address climate change, we can start to change our world.”
GDP Center Launches New “China’s Global Power Database”
The GDP Database enables more nuanced analysis of investment and finance activities with the participation of Chinese actors.
GDP Center Hosts Event on COVID-19 in Latin America and Africa
Professor Gallagher and Boston University alumni discuss the effects of COVID-19 in Africa and Latin America.
GDP Center Hosts Discussion with Joseph Stiglitz
Nobel Laureate Stiglitz and Professor Gallagher discuss the International Monetary Fund’s fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic so far.
GDP Center Releases Research on U.S. Trade Policy
“U.S. trade policy made Americans more vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis, in terms of both their jobs and their health.”
Gallagher & Ray Publish Op-Ed on Latin American Debt Crisis
Scholars from the Pardee School’s GDPC discuss China’s roll in Latin America’s looming debt crisis.
GDP Center’s Global China Initiative Receives Carnegie Grant
GDP’s Global China Initiative receives grant from Carnegie Corporation to expand research.
Karra and Colleagues Release First Round Results of COVID-19 Survey
Early results of a national web survey on COVID-19 symptoms and responses, conducted by Prof. Karra and colleagues, finds that older people in the U.S. are maintaining fewer close contacts than younger cohorts.
Gallagher Authors FT Alphaville Op-Ed on Argentina’s Debt Crisis
Prof. Kevin Gallagher argues that the new government of Argentina and its creditors must work together during the coronavirus crisis.