How China is Changing the Development Financing Project Cycle in Latin America - Rebecca Ray

On episode 15, Erik Myxter-iino talks with Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Development and Policy Center at Boston University -  Dr. Rebecca Ray 

Rebecca was one of the co-authors of a new report published in part by BU’s GDP center - China and the Amazon: Toward a Framework for Maximizing Benefits and Mitigating Risks of Infrastructure Development. link

We talk about how Chinese developmental finance creates a different type of infrastructure project cycle in Latin America and what that means for local governments, civil society organizations, local populations, and the environment 

Recommendations: 

Rebecca: 

1. Dialogochino - A website published in English, Spanish and Portuguese  that covers issues related to China, Latin American and the environment 

Erik 

1. The overseas expansion and evolution of Chinese State-owned enterprises by Wendy Leutert on Harvard Fairbank’s blog 

2. Daughters - You won’t get what you want 

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