FDI and China´ s Belt and Road Initiative

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v8i22.563

Keywords:

China, BRI, IED, Belt and Road Initiative, OBOR

Abstract

This paper analyzes the  trends  of global investment flows that show the  growing importance  of that which originates in the People’s Republic of China and can be associated with the initiative “La Franja y la Ruta” (in Spanish), also identified as “Belt and Road Initiative” and “One Belt, One Road” (BRI and OBOR). The main content of bri includes financing and investment agreements of infrastructure projects in several Asian, European and African countries, which would improve physical connections. In accordance with the working hypothesis, the economic impacts of BRI are important but even more are the geopolitical consequences that ratify China’s capacity to strengthen itself as a regional and global leader.

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Author Biography

Gabriela Correa López, UAM Iztapalapa

Profesora investigadora titular Departamento de Economía

Published

2018-12-17