The economic value of China's financing of overseas projects is almost as relevant as that of the World Bank, albeit of a more intermittent nature. From 2008 to 2019, Chinese...
China is one of the biggest international players in the energy sector. The country accounts for 26.1% of worldwide primary energy consumption, ahead of the United States and Europe. In...
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is Brazil's main institution for promoting national development. However, the bank has been losing strength and undergoing reformulations over time. Several...
Adopted on October 31, 2000 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Resolution 1325 has since then been one of the main references for the development, strengthening, and expansion of...
The following Policy Brief addresses the main issues presented in China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), highlighting the main points and assessing the implications for Latin America and Brazil....
Authors: Ana Carolina Santoro Cupello, Ana Clara de Mello Figueiredo, Giulia Neiva, Juliana Soares, Marina Kronemberger, Juliana Nadalutti, Nathalia Ayres, Teresa Tarragó, João Emanuel Gomes e Lucas Felipe Lopes Silva....
The precedence afforded in recent decades to environmental issues and to the centrality of a sustainable development agenda has led financial institutions to redefine and redirect their funding as well...
In both the Going Global Strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the presence of Chinese companies and investments across the world has increased in the past two decades...
This policy brief discusses the implementation of gender measures in the context of the Colombian peace agreement from the perspective of one of its major participatory innovations: the Special...
This report stresses an intersectional analysis to explore the social determinants of vulnerability to labour exploitation and modern slavery in the city and urban sites....