1、MAY 2026Global Development Policy CenterBY MENGDI YUE,TERRENCE KAIRIZA,YIYUAN QI AND ABBI KEDIRChina-AfricaEconomic Bulletin 2026 EDITIONMengdi Yue is a Research Fellow for the energy and climate workstream at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.She earned her masters degree in in
2、ternational relations and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS).She previously worked as an academic researcher at International Institute of Green Finance(IIGF)and Fudan University,contributing to academic and policy discussions on
3、green finance,debt sustainability,BRI infrastructure and global development dynamics.Abbi M.Kedir is the Interim Executive Director and the Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium(AERC).In addition to long years of services in UK academia,he has experience working both in go
4、vernment and international organizations,such as the United Nations as well as consulting experience with the World Bank and African Development Bank.He published more than 45 journal articles.He is editorial board member of Journal of Development Studies;Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Res
5、earch;Economies;and Frontiers in Environmental Science.Abbi is currently a member of the Task Force on Climate,Development and the International Monetary Fund.Terrence Kairiza is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Bindura University of Science Education and a Research Fellow at the African
6、 Economic Research Consortium.His research focuses on development economics,with particular interests in gender,climate change adaptation,food security,agriculture,health,and industrial development.He holds a PhD in Development Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,Japan.