As the largest-ever infrastructure project, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is expected to reshape the global … findings on foreign aid, international trade, and BRI program membership highlight China's growing footprint in corridor …

Just when China’s leaders receive conflicting signals of “overheating” and “below-potential growth”, they encounter … challenges have their roots in China’s inadequate marketization and continued discrimination against the domestic private sector … themselves into nonperforming loans. In partially-reformed China, public-directed investments via the state enterprises tend to …

In this paper we discuss the potential for commercial microfinance in China. Particular emphasis is put on … securitization of microloans and on structured microfinance in a China context. Three particular factors that we believe could … side, structured microfinance could be an important tool for fighting unemployment in China. It could also be used to …

This paper provides the first comparative analysis of different types of publicly owned banks operating in China … between 1997 and 2008. Using principal component analysis and Granger-causality tests, this study shows that China’s state … commercial banks did promote domestic growth. China’s experience presents a more nuanced picture of state banking that goes …

We use data from the World Bank Global Findex database for 2011 to analyze financial inclusion in China, including … comparisons with the other BRICS countries. We find a high level of financial inclusion in China manifested by greater use of … voluntary. The use of formal credit is however less frequent in China than in the other BRICS. Borrowing through family or …

We use data from the World Bank Global Findex database for 2011 to analyze financial inclusion in China, including … comparisons with the other BRICS countries. We find a high level of financial inclusion in China manifested by greater use of … voluntary. The use of formal credit is however less frequent in China than in the other BRICS. Borrowing through family or …

Despite an erosion of consensus on its benefits, capital account convertibility remains a long-term goal of China. This … paper identifies three major preconditions for convertibility in China: a strong domestic banking system, relatively …, in significant respects, China does not yet meet any of the conditions necessary for convertibility. They then evaluate …

We use panel data for listed firms from China for 2013-2021 to examine the association between their export earnings …