2 0 1 8 Policy Research for a Better World. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY CENTER ANNUAL REPORT BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON 2 GDPCENTER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Message from The Director 4 GDP Center By the Numbers 5 WHO WE ARE Mission & Strategic Plan 6 GDP Center Core Team 7 Fostering Community at BU 8 WHERE WE'VE BEEN Year One Highlights 12 Student Research Opportunities 14 Advancing Scholarly Knowledge 16 Global Communications 17 Policy Engagement 18 Global Footprint 20 GDP Center Finances 22 WHERE WE'RE GOING Looking Forward 23 3 INTRODUCTION BOSTON UNIVERSITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY CENTER MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Kevin P. Gallagher Dear Friends of the GDP Center, Our inaugural year has been a productive one. After launching the the research initiatives at the GDP Center has engaged with policy- the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) in September of makers during our first year. HCI has been advising the Indonesian 2017, we have firmly established ourselves as a presence at Boston government on migration policy, LULI has embedded itself with University (BU) and across the broader community seeking to indigenous groups in the Brazilian Amazon, and GEGI co-chairs a improve the development prospects of the world’s people. G-20 task force on the global financial architecture. The GDP Center is a Boston University-wide center that is a With respect to creating opportunities for student research and partnership between the Office of Research and the Pardee School experiential learning, the GDP Center has involved 32 students in of Global Studies here at BU. The GDP Center’s first task was to research projects and other activities at the center over the past articulate a mission for the center and devise a strategic plan that year. Moreover, the center established a ‘Summer in the Field’ will guide us in achieving that mission. award that went to three students who conducted research and policy work in Myanmar, Indonesia, and India. The GDP Center The mission of the GDP Center is to advance policy-oriented also established a special relationship with the Hubert Humphrey research for financial stability, human well-being, and Fellows program at BU, providing professional affiliation for four environmental sustainability across the globe. To achieve that Humphrey Fellows. mission, our strategic plan as approved by the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters, and Dean Adil Najam The GDP Center has also begun to build a global support base, with of the Frederick S. Pardee School for Global Studies, has five pillars: more than half of the Center’s total budget for the year coming from to help foster a global development policy community at Boston sponsored research grants from outside of Boston University. University; to advance scholarly knowledge of global development policy; to engage in global policy dialogue; to support student Looking forward to the coming year, the GDP Center looks to research and experiential learning, and to build a global support establish a comprehensive outreach and communications strategy, base for such efforts. to help the HCI and LULI leverage GDP Center seed funds to generate further support for their initiatives, to launch a new In our effort to foster a global development policy community at BU initiative on China’s increasing role in global development finance, we held an inaugural lecture with former United Nations Secretary and to begin to publish scientific articles, and to continue to engage General Ban-Ki Moon. The GDP Center held 45 other events with policy-makers and the public in our work. over 1685 attendees over the past year. In our effort to advance interdisciplinary and scholarly knowledge, the GDP Center launched We look forward to working with you to help us achieve our mission. three research and policy initiatives: the Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative (LULI), Human Capital Initiative (HCI), and the Global Sincerely, Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI). These groups consist of BU professors from the School of Public Health, the Questrom School of Business, the Pardee School of Global Studies, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Kevin P. Gallagher The GDP Center aspires to not only be a university-based ‘think tank’ Professor, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies but also a ‘do tank’ that engages with the policy community. Each of Director, Global Development Policy Center. 4 GDP CENTER Total Budget BY THE From 2018 NUMBERS $1,106,483 Events FOOTPRINTAttendees OF THE GDP CENTER: 19 45 1685 Countries Visited Website Traffic 32 44,951 views STUDENT EMPLOYEES in-house China's Global Energy Finance (CGEF) 2 databases with an additional 5,107views China-Latin America Finance Database with an additional 4,000 views 5 WHO WE ARE ANNUAL REPORT 2018 GDP CENTER STRATEGY & MISSION Global Development Policy Ceneter Our mission is to advance policy-relevant knowledge for financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability. The Global Development Policy (GDP) Center is a university-wide research center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School for Global Studies and the Office of Research at Boston University. The ambition of the GDP Center is to be recognized for its intellectual leadership and global engagement. The GDP Center's strategic plan is outlined into five pillars for our first five-year plan. The five pillars are segmented by color and are reflected in the color tabs marked on each spread of this annual report. There are two aspects of the GDP Center that make it unique among development-oriented centers across other academic institutions. First and foremost, the GDP Center recognizes that the development process is a complex one and thus we are accordingly interdisciplinary in our approach. To that end, we have assembled a faculty steering committee from the schools of law, engineering, business, public health, earth and environmental studies, economics, and global studies at Boston University. Second, the GDP Center puts a premium on global engagement—generating concrete policy lessons from rigorous research and advancing such lessons into the global discourse. The GDP Center strives to not only be a university-based think tank, but also a do tank. 5 STRATEGIC PILLARS 1. Foster a global development policy community at Boston University 2. Advance scholarly knowledge of global development policy 3. Engage in global policy dialogue 4. Support student research & experiential learning 5. Build a global support base 6 HIRED A TEAM OF DEDICATED, PROFESSIONAL STAFF By the end of our first year, we are fully staffed adding two GDP CENTER new positions unique to the GDP Center. With a full team, we are ramping up our efforts to increasinlgy collaborate with our CORE TEAM international partners in China and strengthen our capacity for research on Chinese development finance. We are also professionalizing our outreach and communications strategies to advance our policy-relevant scholarship and identify key stakeholders to engage with our research. GDP CENTER 53 BAY STATE LEADERSHIP TEAM Director Assistant Director Kevin P. Gallagher William N. Kring China Researcher Center Administrator & Project Leader Xinyue Ma Rebecca Cowing 1. Foster a global development policy community at Boston University 2. Advance scholarly knowledge of global development policy Outreach & Communications Specialist Sarah E. Lattrell 7 WHO WE ARE FOSTERING COMMUNITY AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY In our inaugural year, the GDP Center has attracted leading scholars from a wide array of disciplines at Boston University and beyond. We are proud to build a team that works collaboratively to research, engage, and envision solutions to the most pressing issues facing our world. 8 CORE & AFFILIATED FACULTY MEMBERS Affiliated & Core Faculty School/ Department Kevin P. Gallagher Frederick S. Pardee School Mahesh Karra Frederick S. Pardee School Samuel Bazzi Economics Department Jacob Bor School of Public Health Rachael Garrett Earth & Environment Julie Klinger Frederick S. Pardee School Anne Short Gianotti Earth & Environment Suchi Gopal Earth & Environment William W. Grimes Frederick S. Pardee School Warren Kaplan School of Public Health Perry Mehrling Frederick S. Pardee School Cosmas Ochieng Frederick S. Pardee School Henrik Selin Frederick S. Pardee School Veronika Wirtz School of Public Health Min Ye Frederick S. Pardee School Daniela Caruso BU Law School Susan Eckstein Frederick S. Pardee School Jack McCarthy Questrom School Dilip Mookherjee Economics Department Donald Thea School of Public Health Muhammad Zaman School of Engineering 9 Starting out with a bang! The eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and GDP Center Director Kevin P. Gallagher at the our inaugural event in February 2018. 3 RESEARCH INITIATIVES HCI LULI GEGI Human Capital Initiative Land Use & Livelihoods Initiative Global Economic Governance Initiative The Human Capital Initiative (HCI) The Land Use & Livelihoods The Global Economic Governance advances interdisciplinary Initiative advances policy-relevant Initiative (GEGI) examines the research on the role of human research on the impacts of extent to which international capital in human development to international institutuions, domestic economic institutions can foster inform policy for global challenges policies, and local practices on financial stability and sustainable such as poverty, gender equality, ecosystem and human well-being development. and sustainable economic growth. in regions with commodity based resource extraction. Inaugural Land Use & Livelihoods Initiative Workshop: We welcomed 19 leading scholars & practitioners to engage in discussion about land-based livelihoods and land use change in May 2018. “All of the big questions about climate change, human security, national security, geopolitical stability, et cetera—none of these big questions make any sense without a close look at what’s 2 NEW INITIATIVES happening at the local level. By the same token, CORE FACULTY what happens at the local level then shapes in important ways what happens in state, national, and international policy and practice.” - Dr. Julie M. Klinger LULI Julie M. Klinger Rachael Garrett Anne Short Gianotti Dr.