Boston University Global Development Policy Center
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Ft'ing the latest research from @rishirbhandary.bsky.social @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social @marinazucker.bsky.social + others, a new round-up blogpost highlights 🔑 policy recommendations on int'l financial architecture reform, debt + more ahead of #FFD4.
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Ft'ing the latest research from @rishirbhandary.bsky.social @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social @marinazucker.bsky.social + others, a new round-up blogpost highlights 🔑 policy recommendations on int'l financial architecture reform, debt + more ahead of #FFD4.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/06/...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ft'ing the latest research from @rishirbhandary.bsky.social @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social @marinazucker.bsky.social + others, a new round-up blogpost highlights 🔑 policy recommendations on int'l financial architecture reform, debt + more ahead of #FFD4.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/06/...
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In a new working paper, Leslie Elliott Armijo + Prateek Sood explore the origins of the major contemporary norm underpinning the sovereign debt architecture + present 3️⃣ alternative mental models.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In a new working paper, Leslie Elliott Armijo + Prateek Sood explore the origins of the major contemporary norm underpinning the sovereign debt architecture + present 3️⃣ alternative mental models.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
🎥 Has 🇨🇳Chinese overseas finance + investment in the power sector followed China's no-overseas-coal pledge? Diego Morro, @becky-ray.bsky.social + Ishana Ratan sat down to discuss in a new micro-webinar.
Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_X...
Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_X...
China's Global Power Database – Data Update, 2000-2023
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May 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎥 Has 🇨🇳Chinese overseas finance + investment in the power sector followed China's no-overseas-coal pledge? Diego Morro, @becky-ray.bsky.social + Ishana Ratan sat down to discuss in a new micro-webinar.
Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_X...
Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_X...
In what ways can historical critiques of neoliberalism help shape more democratic, inclusive + sustainable approaches to international policymaking today?
On Fri., May 30, join us + @hpe-project.bsky.social for a webinar discussion: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
On Fri., May 30, join us + @hpe-project.bsky.social for a webinar discussion: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
May 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In what ways can historical critiques of neoliberalism help shape more democratic, inclusive + sustainable approaches to international policymaking today?
On Fri., May 30, join us + @hpe-project.bsky.social for a webinar discussion: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
On Fri., May 30, join us + @hpe-project.bsky.social for a webinar discussion: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
🔌 23 years, 96 countries, 745 🇨🇳China's overseas power plants, 1,542 power units + 177 GW of power plant capacity.
Explore the projects and latest data in the China's Global Power Database: www.bu.edu/cgp/
Explore the projects and latest data in the China's Global Power Database: www.bu.edu/cgp/
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🔌 23 years, 96 countries, 745 🇨🇳China's overseas power plants, 1,542 power units + 177 GW of power plant capacity.
Explore the projects and latest data in the China's Global Power Database: www.bu.edu/cgp/
Explore the projects and latest data in the China's Global Power Database: www.bu.edu/cgp/
Using a new dataset of low-carbon technology trade, a new @science.org journal article by Praveena Bandara, @becky-ray.bsky.social + coauthors finds the vast majority of emerging market + developing countries are not part of LCT trade.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Using a new dataset of low-carbon technology trade, a new @science.org journal article by Praveena Bandara, @becky-ray.bsky.social + coauthors finds the vast majority of emerging market + developing countries are not part of LCT trade.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
From 🇨🇴Colombia's quest for green energy to transition minerals, trade + more, @julieradomski.bsky.social @zcalbright.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social highlight 5️⃣ topics to watch at the Fourth China-CELAC Forum in a new blogpost.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From 🇨🇴Colombia's quest for green energy to transition minerals, trade + more, @julieradomski.bsky.social @zcalbright.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social highlight 5️⃣ topics to watch at the Fourth China-CELAC Forum in a new blogpost.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
In a new working paper, @marinsnathalie.bsky.social examines debt sustainability + economic policy space through a structuralist lens. She argues for reassessing conventional debt management + economic policy approaches in developing countries.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a new working paper, @marinsnathalie.bsky.social examines debt sustainability + economic policy space through a structuralist lens. She argues for reassessing conventional debt management + economic policy approaches in developing countries.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
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🚨 Tomorrow at 1pm EDT:
Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social.
Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social.
Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
April 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨 Tomorrow at 1pm EDT:
Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social.
Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social.
Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
In a new policy brief, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social + coauthors trace the history of int'l tax policy, showing that the OECD-dominated, multinational corporation-friendly tax policy that has taken hold is not inevitable.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In a new policy brief, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social + coauthors trace the history of int'l tax policy, showing that the OECD-dominated, multinational corporation-friendly tax policy that has taken hold is not inevitable.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
New research from @marinazucker.bsky.social + coauthors finds that a modified IMF quota formula is necessary to balance maximizing the representation of developing countries in Fund governance with a politically feasible realignment of voting power: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New research from @marinazucker.bsky.social + coauthors finds that a modified IMF quota formula is necessary to balance maximizing the representation of developing countries in Fund governance with a politically feasible realignment of voting power: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
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Burdened by inefficient debt-resolution mechanisms and high debt-service costs, many indebted countries are neglecting development goals.
It doesn't have to be this way, write Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel, and @gdp-center.bsky.social's Yan Wang.
It doesn't have to be this way, write Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel, and @gdp-center.bsky.social's Yan Wang.
This UN Debt Initiative Is Different | by Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al - Project Syndicate
Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Burdened by inefficient debt-resolution mechanisms and high debt-service costs, many indebted countries are neglecting development goals.
It doesn't have to be this way, write Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel, and @gdp-center.bsky.social's Yan Wang.
It doesn't have to be this way, write Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel, and @gdp-center.bsky.social's Yan Wang.
In a new blogpost, @kofi1.bsky.social @marinazucker.bsky.social + @rishirbhandary.bsky.social outline 3️⃣ recommendations for IMF + World Bank to improve their disaster-triggered financing mechanisms following the earthquake in 🇲🇲Myanmar.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
April 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In a new blogpost, @kofi1.bsky.social @marinazucker.bsky.social + @rishirbhandary.bsky.social outline 3️⃣ recommendations for IMF + World Bank to improve their disaster-triggered financing mechanisms following the earthquake in 🇲🇲Myanmar.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
In a new working paper, @cornelban.bsky.social + Xuan Li explore the pivotal role of 🇨🇳China’s Government Guidance Funds in terms of their distinctiveness from government-owned venture capital vehicles in Europe + Korea.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In a new working paper, @cornelban.bsky.social + Xuan Li explore the pivotal role of 🇨🇳China’s Government Guidance Funds in terms of their distinctiveness from government-owned venture capital vehicles in Europe + Korea.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
Join us on Wed., April 9 for a research seminar with Shaheen Naseer on her study of the unintended consequences of gender-sensitive reform in 🇵🇰Pakistan's civil service.
Register to attend: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
Register to attend: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
March 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us on Wed., April 9 for a research seminar with Shaheen Naseer on her study of the unintended consequences of gender-sensitive reform in 🇵🇰Pakistan's civil service.
Register to attend: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
Register to attend: www.bu.edu/gdp/events/?...
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Ecuador may soon receive the long-delayed Coca Codo Sinclair dam from Sinohydro, nearly a decade after its 2016 inauguration amid controversy over Chinese financing.
Ecuador Set to Receive Chinese-Built Dam Pending Arbitration Over Defects
By Julie Radomski The hydroelectric megaproject Coca Codo Sinclair is among Latin America's most controversial Chinese-financed and constructed infrastructure projects. Although officially inaugurated...
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March 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ecuador may soon receive the long-delayed Coca Codo Sinclair dam from Sinohydro, nearly a decade after its 2016 inauguration amid controversy over Chinese financing.
In a new @unu-wider.bsky.social working paper, @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social lays out a framework for reforming the int'l financial architecture in order to achieve sustainable prosperity.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
March 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a new @unu-wider.bsky.social working paper, @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social lays out a framework for reforming the int'l financial architecture in order to achieve sustainable prosperity.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
In a new @dialogueearth.bsky.social op-ed, @julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social detail 5️⃣ decisions in the development finance world that can help to mitigate environmental + social risks of transition minerals in 2025.
Read more: dialogue.earth/en/business/...
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Opinion: A critical year for finance could shape fairer, more sustainable mining
Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition minerals, write Boston University researchers
dialogue.earth
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In a new @dialogueearth.bsky.social op-ed, @julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social detail 5️⃣ decisions in the development finance world that can help to mitigate environmental + social risks of transition minerals in 2025.
Read more: dialogue.earth/en/business/...
Read more: dialogue.earth/en/business/...
Experts in a new policy paper with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social argue that urgent action is needed on multilateral development banks, the Global Financial Safety Net, and voice + representation in the int'l financial architecture.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Experts in a new policy paper with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social argue that urgent action is needed on multilateral development banks, the Global Financial Safety Net, and voice + representation in the int'l financial architecture.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
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Is the current climate finance architecture failing?
Richard Kozul-Wright of the @gdp-center.bsky.social explores why public-private partnerships aren't enough and what needs to change to address the climate crisis in this opinion.
#opinion #climatefinance
Richard Kozul-Wright of the @gdp-center.bsky.social explores why public-private partnerships aren't enough and what needs to change to address the climate crisis in this opinion.
#opinion #climatefinance
Opinion: On climate, multilateral institutions must work with national banks
Multilateral finance institutions must shift strategies, partnering with national banks to effectively finance climate adaptation & mitigation in low- and middle-income countries.
www.devex.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Is the current climate finance architecture failing?
Richard Kozul-Wright of the @gdp-center.bsky.social explores why public-private partnerships aren't enough and what needs to change to address the climate crisis in this opinion.
#opinion #climatefinance
Richard Kozul-Wright of the @gdp-center.bsky.social explores why public-private partnerships aren't enough and what needs to change to address the climate crisis in this opinion.
#opinion #climatefinance
A new journal article by Solomon Owusu, @keyitang.bsky.social + Gideon Ndubuisi examines the impact of 🇨🇳Chinese foreign direct investment on low-carbon industrialization in Africa, within the context of China’s growing economic ties with the continent.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/07/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/07/...
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A new journal article by Solomon Owusu, @keyitang.bsky.social + Gideon Ndubuisi examines the impact of 🇨🇳Chinese foreign direct investment on low-carbon industrialization in Africa, within the context of China’s growing economic ties with the continent.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/07/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/07/...
NEW research in @natclimchange.bsky.social from @iremonas.bsky.social + coauthors provides a forward-looking assessment of the impacts of floods, storms + wildfires on a universe of securities representative of global market capitalization.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
March 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW research in @natclimchange.bsky.social from @iremonas.bsky.social + coauthors provides a forward-looking assessment of the impacts of floods, storms + wildfires on a universe of securities representative of global market capitalization.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
In a new blogpost, @timhirschelburns.bsky.social uses 🔟 charts to show how financing for development has changed in the last 🔟 years, since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda from #FfD3.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In a new blogpost, @timhirschelburns.bsky.social uses 🔟 charts to show how financing for development has changed in the last 🔟 years, since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda from #FfD3.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
🚨 2025 Summer in the Field applications are open! The fellowship program supports @bostonu.bsky.social graduate students by providing stipends for unpaid internship opportunities or field work.
Apply by April 7: www.bu.edu/gdp/educatio...
Apply by April 7: www.bu.edu/gdp/educatio...
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🚨 2025 Summer in the Field applications are open! The fellowship program supports @bostonu.bsky.social graduate students by providing stipends for unpaid internship opportunities or field work.
Apply by April 7: www.bu.edu/gdp/educatio...
Apply by April 7: www.bu.edu/gdp/educatio...
How can development finance unearth sustainability in transition mineral supply chains?
@julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social explore in a new blogpost, highlighting policy recs that speak directly to 5️⃣ 🔑 policy processes taking place in 2025: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
@julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social explore in a new blogpost, highlighting policy recs that speak directly to 5️⃣ 🔑 policy processes taking place in 2025: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
March 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How can development finance unearth sustainability in transition mineral supply chains?
@julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social explore in a new blogpost, highlighting policy recs that speak directly to 5️⃣ 🔑 policy processes taking place in 2025: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
@julieradomski.bsky.social + @becky-ray.bsky.social explore in a new blogpost, highlighting policy recs that speak directly to 5️⃣ 🔑 policy processes taking place in 2025: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...