Belt and Road Economics: Opportunities and Risks of Transport Corridors, Paperback - World Bank

China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 to improve connectivity and cooperation on a transcontinental scale. This study, by a team of W...

What does the biggest geopolitical project of our time tell us about China's global ambitions?

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DescriptionChina's Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy coun...

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One Belt One Road argues that the largest global infrastructure development program in history is not the centralized and systematic project that m...

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In-depth examination of the inherent tensions and dynamics of transport corridors in Africa: between short-term optics and long-term durability; be...

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This book discusses the Belt and Road Initiative at the provincial level in China. It analyses the evolution of the role of local governments in Ch...

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Reducere. DescriptionASEAN countries play a crucial role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that was initiated in 2013. A number of priority BRI projects ...

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This timely book offers revealing insights into the changing role of China in world governance as exemplified by the Silk Road Initiative, the Peop...

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