Belt & Road Initiative in Times of 'Synchronized Downturn' Issues, Challenges, Opportunities

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Development economics and emerging economies; artificial neural network; assessment; Belt and Road; Belt and Road initiative; Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); big data; BRI; challenges; China; China's overseas industrial parks (COCZs); Chinese multinational firms; Chinese OFDI; clothing trade; ecological stance; effectiveness; entrepreneurial government; FDI theory; GDELT; gravity trade model; interpretive policy analysis method; land management; language planning policies; local impact; local sustainability; Longjiang Industrial Park; mega infrastructure; n/a; New Silk Road; panel data regression; planning evaluation; planning implementation; political risk; spatial appreciation; special economic zones; sustainable development; systematic literature review; The Belt and Road Initiative; urban expansion
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Nearly ten years since the official launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an understanding of what the initiative's objectives are consolidated. However, the short-, mid-, and long-term implications of the initiative are less clear. This is reflected in academic research, as well as in policy-oriented publications stemming from the global think-tank sector. This collection adds to this debate by offering a glimpse into selected aspects of BRI and its development, including the applicability of existing theories of trade to the case of BRI, the specificity of investment modes associated with BRI, sustainability, SDGs, socio-cultural issues, and many other implications. Due to its focus on diverse aspects of BRI, this collection will be of interest to students of international economics, international relations, and related subjects.