Boston University

Founded in 2017, the mission of the Boston University Global Development Policy Center is to advance policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability. This grant will help the center conduct strategic analysis that can enable a low-carbon South-South cooperation and identify pathways under which China’s ambitious pledge to promote renewable energy development in the Global South can become a reality. The project will also identify what investments by philanthropic entities would be necessary to maximize the opportunities and minimize the risk of inaction. (Substrategy: China National Policy)

This grant to Boston University’s Program on Women’s Empowerment Research (POWER) will support the establishment of the Africa POWER Consortium with an aim to fill critical research-policy gaps in service delivery and policymaking on issues related to gender, women’s empowerment, and women’s well-being in Africa. The consortium leverages and consolidates the expertise of global and African institutions that operate at the frontier of research, policy, and advocacy — specifically Boston University, the African Institute for Development Policy, IDinsight, AidData, and the EconInsight Center for Development Research. During this planning phase, the consortium will incubate multi-institutional approaches to promote women’s empowerment research, evidence use, and policy influencing. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity and International Women’s Economic Empowerment)

The mission of the Global China Initiative at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center is to conduct policy-oriented research that reveals pathways for the Belt and Road Initiative to foster a more stable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable world economy. The initiative’s data analysis for transparency and accountability provides a valuable public good, inside and outside of China. (Substrategy: China National Policy)