A Turning Point for Development Aid
Dec 30, 2019 & show why accusations that China is engaging in “debt-trap diplomacy” are fundamentally flawed.
Justin Yifu Lin, a former chief economist of the World Bank, is Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development, Peking University. His recent books include Going Beyond Aid: Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation and Beating the Odds: Jump-starting Developing Countries.
Dec 30, 2019 & show why accusations that China is engaging in “debt-trap diplomacy” are fundamentally flawed.
Jan 10, 2019 & propose a new global finance facility to attract more private capital for the fight against global warming.
Oct 26, 2018 & argue that multilateral finance institutions need to operate more like private investment organizations.
Mar 28, 2018 argues that using protectionism to appeal to US voters will backfire when these voters face higher costs.
Mar 13, 2018 , et al. describe how to attract risk-averse private investors to projects in the developing world.
Calls by US President Joe Biden and others to “build back better” after the COVID-19 catastrophe have attracted widespread support, raising hopes of far-reaching changes in policymaking and business. But which new norms and concrete measures lie beyond leaders’ hortatory appeals, and who should implement them?