Kevin Gallagher
Co-Editor, Journal of Globalization and Development

Dr. Kevin P. Gallagher is a professor of global development policy at Boston University (BU), where he directs the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center. The GDP Center’s mission is to advance policy relevant research for financial stability, human wellbeing, and the environment on a global scale.
Books
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The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics
08/15/11 Book
José Antonio Ocampo (Editor), Jaime Ros (Editor)
Policy Briefs
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Understanding the Consequences of IMF Surcharges: The Need for Reform
10/11/21 Policy Brief #23
Joseph Stiglitz, Kevin Gallagher
Articles / Op-Eds
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IMF's New View on Capital Controls
03/23/13 Article / Op-Ed in Economic and Political Weekly
Kevin Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo
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Historic moment for the IMF
10/31/12 Article / Op-Ed in Financial Times
Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo
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Historic Moment for the IMF
05/29/12 Article / Op-Ed in Financial Times
Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo
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Controlling cross-border capital flows
04/25/11 Article / Op-Ed in Korea Times
Stephany Griffith-Jones, José Antonio Ocampo, Kevin Gallagher
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The IMF's Welcome Rethink on Capital Controls
04/06/11 Article / Op-Ed in The Gaurdian
Kevin Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo
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Curbing Hot Capital Flows to Protect the Real Economy
01/20/11 Article / Op-Ed in Economic & Political Weekly
Kevin Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones
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Capital Controls to Deter Hot Money Can Help the World Economy
01/19/11 Article / Op-Ed in Financial Times
Kevin Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones
Network Papers
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Understanding the consequences of IMF surcharges: the need for reform
09/09/22 Network Paper
Joseph Stiglitz, Kevin Gallagher
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IMF surcharges: A lose-lose policy for global recovery
04/01/22 Network Paper
Joseph Stiglitz, Kevin Gallagher
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Biden debe cancelar acuerdo de préstamo del IFDC a Ecuador
02/05/21 Network Paper
Kevin Gallagher
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Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery
11/01/20 Network Paper
Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher
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Here's how we can defeat debt and strive for sustainability post COVID-19
08/21/20 Network Paper
Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher
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The Need for Debt-for-Climate Swaps
08/17/20 Network Paper
Kevin Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones
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Capital Account Liberalization in China: The Need for a Balanced Approach
12/11/14 Network Paper
Kevin Gallagher, Yongding Yu, Bilge Erten, José Antonio Ocampo, Jan Allen Kregel, Ming Zhang, Sunanda Sen, Kenji Aramaki, Gabor Daniela, Robert McCauley
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Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development
04/24/13 Network Paper
José Antonio Ocampo, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher, Amar Bhattacharya, Mark Blyth, Leonardo Burlamaqui, Gerald Epstein, Ilene Grabel, Rakesh Mohan, Dani Rodrik, Shari Spiegel, Arvind Subramanian, Shinji Takagi, Ming Zhang
Working Papers
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Capital Openness and Income Inequality: Smooth Sailing or Troubled Waters?
01/12/18 Working Paper #307
Kevin Gallagher, Guillermo Lagarda, Jennifer Linares
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Navigating Capital Flows in Brazil and Chile
06/29/12 Working Paper #266
Kevin Gallagher, Brittany Baumann
Dr. Gallagher is the author or co-author of The Case for a New Bretton Woods: Reforming Global Economic Governance for Prosperity and the Planet, The China Triangle: Latin America’s China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus, Ruling Capital: Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-border Finance, The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization, The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico’s Silicon Valley, and Free Trade and the Environment: Mexico, NAFTA, and Beyond.
Dr. Gallagher serves on Think Twenty International Finance Task Force to the G20, and on the Chair’s Council of the United States Export Import Bank on China competition, and the international chair of the Greening the BRI Task Force of the China Council. He has served on the United Nations Committee for Development Policy, the U.S. Department of State’s Investment Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and the National Advisory Council on trade policy at the Environmental Protection Agency. He has been a visiting or adjunct professor at the Paul Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico; Tsinghua University in China; and the Center for State and Society in Argentina.
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