The Belt and Road initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to … reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. The authors estimate how much trade … true for eastern Europe and Central Asia and, to a lesser extent, south-east Asia. In contrast, if China were to seek to …

We explore how Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) can help to fill a large infrastructure financing gap in … in 2005-2020 to developing and emerging markets from the Infrastructure Journal database. Using granular data, we analyze … the dynamics of flows from different actors to infrastructure at the country-subsector level, and control for a wide range …

With rapid industrial upgrading along the global value chain of manufactured goods, China has transformed, within one … the world. This article identifies the pattern of China's industrial upgrading and compares it with those of other … successfully industrialized economies and the failed ones. We find that (i) China (since 1978) followed essentially the same path …

This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China’s consumption has been low … one form or the other, these distortions have implied significant transfers from households to firms. If China is to …

This study examines the long-run relationship between industrial pollution and income in China using provincial panel …

The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in … energy use and in energy supply and to assess the possible contribution of China and India to a future international climate … emissions by 50% in 2050. -- Climate Change ; China ; India ; Energy Efficiency ; Energy and Development …

China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China's stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China's reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …

Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to … whatever climate commitments beyond 2020 that China may take. Given the paramount importance of cities, China is practicing low … characteristics of China's LCC development. The paper then identifies eight problems and challenges for China's LCC development …

China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and …