Events
All Topics (March 2 through May 31)
Wednesday, March 20
- 12:15 PM
Convenient Access and Invitations: Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination in Kenya
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health guidelines became politicized in many countries. Mandates on social distancing and quarantine policies, and later compulsory vaccinations, were soon employed,
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Thursday, March 21
- 10:00 AM
Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy
Central banks are typically regarded as conservative, politically neutral institutions that uphold conventional macroeconomic wisdom. Yet in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and COVID-19, central banks
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Thursday, March 28
- 4:00 PM
The 2024 Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture in Global Development Policy: ‘A Woman’s Work is Never Done’ - How Gender Norms Enable Labor Coercion, Inside and Outside the Home
Gender inequities are, in part, sustained by conservative gender norms and moral codes that advantage men at the expense of women in households, the labor market and politics.
These norms
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Friday, March 29
- 9:45 AM
2024 Human Capital Initiative Research Symposium
Global developments over the past several years have had a profound impact on the biggest challenges in human development. Recent findings from Human Capital Initiative (HCI) experts have revealed widening
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Monday, April 8
- 4:00 PM
Research on Tap: BU and Africa
Some are calling our times “the African Century,” given the profound implications of the continent’s demographic transitions for African peoples and the world at large. By 2050, 2.5 billion people,
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Wednesday, April 10
- 12:15 PM
The Patriarchal Political Order: The Making and Unravelling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India
In India today, while women make up more than one-third of local politicians and vote at high rates equal to those of men, they remain drastically under-represented in political spaces
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Thursday, April 11
- 9:00 AM
From First Movers to Market Shapers: The Many Roles of Development Finance Institutions in the Early Phase-down of Coal Plants
While many development finance institutions (DFIs) have pledged to halt public finance into new coal-based electricity generation, they have yet to focus on supporting the decarbonization of existing coal plants.
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Thursday, April 18
- 2:00 PM
Reimagining the International Monetary Fund Quota System for Africa
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) employs a quota system that serves as a building block of the Fund’s governance and financial architecture. This system, initially agreed upon during the creation
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- 5:00 PM
Fit-for-purpose? Reviewing Green Conditionality in the IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust and the World Bank Development Policy Financing
The Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a novel instrument meant to provide longer-term finance to address prospective balance of payment challenges arising from
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Friday, April 19
- 11:30 AM
Moving Beyond Current Debt and Development Crisis: Solutions for Genuine Debt Sustainability
The debt crisis is no longer a risk, but a reality in many countries. High interest rates and debt service payments are squeezing global south countries’ fiscal space and jeopardizing
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- 4:00 PM
From the National to the International: Policymaking for Climate Prosperity and Global Financial Architecture Reform
While calls for reform of the global financial architecture have gained significant momentum – from the Bridgetown Initiative to the World Bank Evolution Roadmap – concerns remain over whether these
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Navigating the Intertwined Debt and Climate Crises: Unveiling and Assessing Solutions
There has been an increasing recognition of the vicious cycle of debt and climate change that many Global South countries are facing. Increased climate vulnerability leads to higher losses during
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Thursday, April 25
- 4:00 PM
From Theory to Practice: Careers in International Development and Climate Finance
Progress on achieving the Paris Agreement commitments and the United Nations 2023 Sustainable Development Goals has been stymied by a challenging global environment amid growing debt distress, increasing climate
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Tuesday, May 7
- 10:00 AM
A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity
The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity - a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role
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Wednesday, May 8
- 12:15 PM
Parental Beliefs and Parental Investment: Evidence from Colombia
In measuring parental investment, the standard practice in economics is to estimate models where parents have background knowledge in skill formation, child development or human capital development. However,
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Tuesday, May 14
- 9:00 AM
Investing for the Future: How Debt Relief Can Help Make Space for Climate and Development Goals
With only six years left to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Paris Agreement targets, bold and swift policymaking is necessary to stave off severe impacts
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