Boston University Global Development Policy Center

What is the history of the IMF's engagement on climate change? Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Kevin P. Gallagher discuss in a new book chapter from the Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eU53pxTV

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The G20 recently endorsed a roadmap towards bigger, better and more effective multilateral development banks. In a new blogpost, Tim Hirschel-Burns and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary argue that it is now on MDBs and their shareholders to rise to the challenge. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eDADg8C3

In a recent T20 policy brief, Marina Zucker-Marques, Maria Fernanda Espinosa and Jörg Haas outline a proposal for debt relief that can help resolve the debt crisis in developing countries while forging a fairer global financial system. Read more: https://lnkd.in/erymu8zT

With evidence from 🇮🇩Indonesia, Bahar C. Erbas, Niccolò Manych, Kevin P. Gallagher and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary find that continuing operation of coal-fired power plants can generate major welfare losses to local communities. Read the new working paper: https://lnkd.in/ggm5dMgr

🎥 What trends characterize the 23 years of data tracked in the China’s Global Energy Finance Database? Jiaqi Lu, Rebecca Ray and Diego Morro discussed in a recent webinar. Watch the recording and read the summary blogpost: https://lnkd.in/eczkrmKg

In the latest event of the Fall 2024 Global Economic Governance Book Talk series, Marina Zucker-Marques and Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky joined us to discuss their new book and structural solutions to the issue of feminism in public debt. Watch the recording and read the summary blogpost: https://lnkd.in/erzy9Ynq

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How does Neglected Tropical Disease control impact racial and socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes in Latin America? With evidence from Brazil, Jon Denton-Schneider discussed at the final event of the 2024 Fall Human Capital Initiative Seminar Series: https://lnkd.in/emQj7dJ7

The G20 recently endorsed a roadmap towards bigger, better and more effective multilateral development banks. In a new blogpost, Tim Hirschel-Burns + Rishikesh Ram Bhandary argue that it is now on MDBs and their shareholders to rise to the challenge. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eckH94up