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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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Is Perception Reality? Evidence from Cross-Language Media Sentiments on the Chinese Economy
By Marialuz Moreno Badia and Vikram Dixit Kumaraswamy Economists have increasingly turned to news coverage to gauge economic sentiment in Read more
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Perception Matters: Evidence from Cross-Language Media on the Chinese Economy
A new working paper from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center developed new cross-language sentiment indices capable of measuring Read more
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Subsidised Retirement Beats a Buyout for China-backed Coal Plants – and Only China Can Make It Happen
By Alex Clark In 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a halt to new public funding for coal plants abroad. Read more
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International Investment Pushes Past and Present: Synthesizing and Concluding the Blog Series
By Tim Hirschel-Burns This blog is part of a blog series on past large-scale international investment programs and the lessons Read more
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The Safe Assets Under Central Bankers’ Pillows
By Marina Zucker-Marques and Kevin P. Gallagher Last month, the world’s major central bankers converged upon Jackson Hole during a Read more
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Coal to Clean Transition Pathways for Pakistan
By Zainab Babar, Dr. Khalid Waleed Pakistan's power sector is a study in contradictions: real progress shadowed by unresolved structural Read more
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Transitioning Coal-Fired Power Plants in Pakistan: Pathways for Early Retirement and Repurposing
A new report released in collaboration with the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute Read more
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Norm Defenders in a Multipolar Institutional Field: Transnational Environmental and Social Advocacy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
By Andrea Zhu Four decades ago, a transnational network of advocates took on the world’s largest development institution. Throughout the Read more