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 …

China's infrastructure-based Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is challenging the US-led Western International Economic … power and influence from the United States to China. In the aftermath of World War II, the US continued to provide a … mandate to rebuild the infrastructure of the shattered post-war economies, to promote international economic cooperation, and …

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. We estimate how much trade might be … for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and, to a lesser extent, South-East Asia. In contrast, if China were to seek to …

Hong Kong and Macau were re-united with China in the late 1990s as two special administrative regions (SARs). Over the … last half century, they were China's good examples of economic development, windows of openness and investors. Due to … historical reasons, China lagged far behind Hong Kong and Macau in terms of per capita incomes. However, rapid economic growth in …

competition in their infrastructure industries while others do not? Why did the pace of adoption accelerate in the 1990s? Building …