🌍 NEW report with African Economic Research Consortium analyzes 22 years of China-Africa trade, development finance + foreign direct investment data, revealing pathways for financing low-carbon development.

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Becky Ray Uli Volz The Asset Bangkok Post 'Any strategy for addressing climate change and delivering on the SDGs must include measures to lower barriers to new finance, including targeted debt relief and more creative financing arrangements.'

OpEd by Becky Ray and Uli Volz in @ein_news.
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Panel II: Shifting Production Networks and Challenges for Supply Chain Resiliency

• Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Economy and Director of Duke Center for International Development
• Becky Ray, Senior Academic Researcher, Boston University Global Development Policy Center
• Elizabeth Drake, Partner, Schagrin Associates

'It is within the grasp of world leaders to harness global capital for achieving shared sustainable development goals...Due to the unique characteristics of its major borrowers, China has a crucial role to play in these negotiations...' - Becky Ray
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A cycle of extreme weather, unsustainable debt levels + high costs of capital are limiting fiscal space at a critical moment.

New research from Becky Ray + Dr. Blake Alexander Simmons examines fiscal + environmental needs of 108 developing countries: gdpcenter.org/3w6ayGF

NEW research from Becky Ray + Dr. Blake Alexander Simmons finds that the unfolding debt + development crisis is a serious obstacle for 91 countries to meet their necessary environmental investments.

Read more in the new report: gdpcenter.org/49k9jSq

'It is within the grasp of world leaders to harness global capital for achieving shared sustainable development goals...Due to the unique characteristics of its major borrowers, China has a crucial role to play in these negotiations...' - Becky Ray
buff.ly/3Ssuriv

🌿 NEW research from Becky Ray + Dr. Blake Alexander Simmons finds that 91 emerging markets + developing economies are experiencing debt stress or capital market constraints that jeopardize their ability to meet climate + nature financing needs.

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A new report by the Working Group on Development + Environment in the Americas surveys the literature to ID knowledge gaps and to propose a research agenda on making the most of the coming commodity boom for transition materials in Latin America: gdpcenter.org/47b6S3l

From climate finance to trade, greening the Belt and Road Initiative + more - see 🔑 takeaways on policy movement and stagnation in 2024, ft'ing insights from Kevin P. Gallagher @RishiRBhandary Becky Ray Tarela Moses + more: gdpcenter.org/3Rrclgu

Weekend highlight: speaking w Suranjana Tewari on BBC World Service Asia Business Report on Argentina/China prospects.

Especially humbling to follow a segment w my lifelong idol David Attenborough on a new pliosaur fossil. What an act to follow! 😄🦕🌍❤️

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In a new One Earth journal article, Kevin P. Gallagher Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Becky Ray + Luma Souza Ramos offer policy recommendations for the Bretton Woods Institutions to help align developing country growth trajectories with climate + development goals: gdpcenter.org/3s2179F

⚡In a new blog, Becky Ray Tarela Moses Kevin P. Gallagher react to outcomes from the 3rd Belt + Road Forum and explain what it all means for the next decade of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Read more: gdpcenter.org/3tPMt5Q

How can the Bretton Woods Institutions help align developing country growth trajectories with climate + development goals?

Kevin P. Gallagher Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Becky Ray Luma Souza Ramos discuss in a new One Earth journal article: gdpcenter.org/45IrbEn

In a new One Earth journal article, Kevin P. Gallagher Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Becky Ray + Luma Souza Ramos offer policy recommendations for the Bretton Woods Institutions to help align developing country growth trajectories with climate + development goals: gdpcenter.org/409PTfN

NEW flagship report from Kevin P. Gallagher William N. Kring Becky Ray Tarela Moses Cecilia Springer Yan Wang + Lin Zhu assesses the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in its first decade.

Read more: gdpcenter.org/48NETbW

On Thurs., Oct 12, join Tarela Moses Becky Ray Kevin P. Gallagher Yunnan Chen 陈韵楠 + @Jorgeheinel for a webinar discussion on evaluating the promise of the Belt and Road Initiative on its 🔟th anniversary.

Register to attend: gdpcenter.org/3rDJlZY

One of my favorite things about my job is getting to mentor amazing grad students and post-docs who are advancing this area of study, and watch you flourish.

If that sounds like you, join us! If it sounds like someone you know, pass it on!

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In her new book, “The World That Latin America Created,” Margarita Fajardo explains how Latin American economists + policymakers transformed development economics.

Register to attend a webinar discussion led by Becky Ray on Tues., Sept. 26: gdpcenter.org/46jmcL3