Bhe investment opportunities and risks of the Belt and Road Initiative. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Fan Zhang and Lisa Zhang.
• Authors: Zhang, Fan; Zhang, Lisa
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1 -- 1.1 Ancient Silk Road -- 1.2 Modern Silk Road -- 1.3 Motivation and Strategic Design -- 2 -- 2.1 A Brief Review of the History of Modern China -- 2.2 The Chinese Model -- 2.3 China's Foreign Aid in General -- 3 -- 3.1 Organisation -- 3.2 Scope and Scale of the BRI -- 3.3 Administration of the Programme -- 3.4 Implementation of the Programme -- 3.5 BRI Projects: An Overview -- 3.6 Major SOEs and Non-SOEs Involved in the BRI -- 4 -- 4.1 Investments -- 4.2 Trade 4.3 Major Problems of the BRI -- 4.4 Effects of the BRI -- 5 -- 5.1 Growth Theory -- 5.2 A Theory of Infrastructure Investment -- 5.3 Unbalanced Global Production -- 5.4 Unbalanced World Trade -- 5.5 Unbalanced Global Investment -- 5.6 An Input-Output Analysis of the BRI -- Appendix -- 6 -- 6.1 The Nature of State-Guaranteed Finance -- 6.2 Financial Institutions Involved -- 6.3 Financial Tools -- 6.4 Renminbi Internationalisation -- 7 -- 7.1 Advantages -- 7.2 Risks -- 8 -- 8.1 A Sample of BRI Projects -- 8.2 A Statistical Analysis of the BRI Database -- 9 9.1 South-East Asia, East Asia and Oceania -- 9.2 South Asia -- 9.3 Central Asia -- 9.4 The Middle East -- 9.5 Former Soviet Union Countries (Except Five Central Asian Countries) -- 9.6 Eastern and Southern Europe -- 9.7 Africa -- 9.8 Latin America -- 10 -- 10.1 Overall Impacts on the Chinese Domestic Economy -- 10.2 Impacts of Competition Among Chinese Local Economies -- 11 -- 11.1 US Wary About China's New Role As Aid-and-Loan Provider -- 11.2 Europe Aligns with the US and Creates Mirroring Plans -- 11.3 "Asia-Pacific" Becomes "Indo-Pacific" to Counterbalance China in the Region 11.4 Africa Becomes Major Stage for Competition -- 11.5 China's Entry into Latin America Puts US on Edge -- 12 -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Subjects: 382.30951; Investments -- China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527510845; 1527510840
• Related ISBNs: 1527510832; 9781527510838
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 02, 2023).
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