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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/...
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/...
🎥 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...
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/?...
🔌 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/
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/...
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/...
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/...
🚨 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
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/...
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.
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/...
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/...
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/?...
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.
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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/...
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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/...
🚨 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...
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/...
Happening now @bostonu.bsky.social, @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social offers opening remarks at an expert panel on green industrial policy in the Global South, co-sponsored with the BU Pardee School and ft'ing speakers from 🇿🇦South Africa, 🇧🇷Brazil + 🇮🇩Indonesia.
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Cover image for the new report from the BU GPD Center and Universidad del Pacífico CECHAP: Unmined Potential? Opportunities for development finance to support sustainability and inclusion in transition mineral supply chains
I’m delighted to share my latest w/ @gdp-center.bsky.social colleagues @julieradomski.bsky.social, Bowen Gu & Cynthia Sanborn:
Unmined Potential? Opportunities for development finance to support sustainability and inclusion in transition mineral supply chains.
www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
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What role do public development finance institutions play in transition mineral supply chain governance?
In a new policy report, @julieradomski.bsky.social, @becky-ray.bsky.social, BowenGu + Cynthia Sanborn discuss, with 5️⃣ policy recommendations: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
How can fiscal policy better account for the economic benefits of public investments?
Hua Chai + @yanwang5.bsky.social propose shifting fiscal policy focus from debt levels to public sector net worth in a new blogpost.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/...
What role can renminbi-denominated panda bonds play in development finance, and why is it good timing for issuing panda bonds?
@yanwang5.bsky.social + Zheng Zhai explore in a new blogpost: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/02/...