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The retreat from multilateralism and the provision of global goods will have broad and deep impacts. Large, technologically sophisticated middle-income countries—principally China—will be vital to the new global health order. New partnerships are needed to manage complex risks in a low-cooperation w...

As the USAID cuts shutter projects worldwide, Chinese officials are certainly making the most of the opportunity. The country has stepped in to fund child literacy, nutrition, and landmine clearance programs in Cambodia previously backed by the US and has made overtures to Nepal and Colombia about f...

In a city increasingly disenchanted with international market-based competition, one block on H Street in Washington DC remains committed to the cause. The World Bank’s procurement rules, which apply to its investment project financing, still mandate international competitive bidding for nearly all ...

This week, President-elect Trump said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, effectively disregarding the North American free trade agreement (USMCA) that he made a priority to renegotiate in his first term. The USMCA has a review clause where the three count...

China's financial contributions to tackling climate change in developing countries may be far greater than previously thought. Exploring how China’s recent contributions compare with the US in scale and composition, we find that, after including both countries’ contributions to multilateral organisa...

There has been significant criticism of China’s participation in the Common Framework for Debt Treatments as slow at best and “strategic” (or intentionally disruptive) at worst. However, as the largest bilateral lender to developing countries, it has been widely acknowledged that China’s commitment ...