POLICY RESEARCH
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The Boston University Global Development Policy Center is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe.
Latest Research and Commentary
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Bangladesh’s Climate Risks and External Debt Tightrope: Safeguarding Sustainability Amid Transition
By Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat, Afrin Mahbub and Zazeeba Waziha Saleh Following the conclusion of the 2025 International Monetary Read more
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Navigating Debt, Development And Disasters: Making Debt Sustainability Analyses Work for Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s external debt servicing record has historically been stellar as a least developed country. The country has comfortably met its Read more
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GDP Center Round-Up: 2025 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns With the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings underway in Washington, D.C. from October Read more
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Book Launch: China and the Global Economic Order
By Kevin P. Gallagher and Gregory T. Chin More than any time since their founding in 1944, the International Monetary Read more
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Reviving Chinese Development Finance in the Global South
The multilateral system is falling short in mobilizing the level and composition of capital flows necessary for countries in the Read more
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The Road to 2030: What Role for Chinese Development Finance?
By Rebecca Ray By 2030, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) other than China must mobilize an ambitious $3 trillion annually Read more
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Putting Development First: Climate Change and the International Financial Architecture
There is a vanishing window to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Meeting this urgent challenge will require a Read more
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IMF Lending Returns to Low Levels While the PBOC Continues as the Largest Provider of Currency Swaps: Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, and Barbara Fritz In a world beset by lower growth prospects, unprecedented uncertainty in international Read more