Study shows Belt and Road Initiative cuts debt and corruption
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China isn’t trapping the Global South in debt. Your pension fund is. - Invent the Future
China is routinely accused of lending recklessly to poor countries, waiting for them to default, and then seizing strategic assets. A major new study of the Belt and Road Initiative finds the opposite: infrastructure construction is associated with falling debt risk, stronger state capacity and improved governance. This video examines that research alongside the independent … Continue reading China isn’t trapping the Global South in debt. Your p…
Study shows Belt and Road Initiative cuts debt and corruption
A team at Nanjing University’s Centre for Asia-Pacific Development Studies has published what appears to be the most comprehensive statistical test yet attempted of the “debt trap diplomacy” thesis – examining 197 countries and regions over 2000 to 2023, including the 146 that have signed Belt and Road cooperation agreements. It found no evidence that … Continue reading Study shows Belt and Road Initiative cuts debt and corruption
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