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

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