Growing up an only child in China at the end of the 20th century, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and CID…
Once upon a time in the world of development finance, it was assumed that simply investing in developing economies was enough—that the flow…
Vincent Chen MPA/ID 2024 is passionate about working at the intersection of business and climate action.—Vincent Chen MPA/ID 2024 used his…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
This paper shows that China's lending boom to developing country sovereigns has largely ended and that debt distress and defaults are…
This paper shows that China has launched a new global system for cross-border rescue lending to countries in debt distress. It builds the…
The authors emphasize that the world urgently requires trillions of dollars to invest in climate action and biodiversity protection to keep…
Concerns about fraud in welfare programs are common arguments worldwide against such programs. We conducted a survey experiment with over…
This article describes some of the challenges of effective governance for sustainability at the subnational level of government.
In the face of the trifecta of fiscal adversity currently facing governments as
a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this report brings good…