October marks the 9th anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and after all these years, nearly a decade later, many people around the world are still trying to figure out what exactly the BRI is. What is certain, though, is that China has pulled back considerably on BRI-related financing in many parts of the world, particularly in Africa and the Americas.
But in Asia, it’s a different story. Chinese lenders are still plowing billions of dollars to build badly-needed infrastructure and that prompted the New York-based Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) to try and help stakeholders on all sides with a newย BRI digital tool kit.
Blake Berger, ASPI associate director, was on the team that built the new toolkit and joins Eric and Cobus to explain what it is and how it’s intended to be used.
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- Asia Society Policy Institute: Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative Toolkit:ย https://bit.ly/3BvHuqW
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