China’s Belt and Road initiative: can Europe expect trade gains? Bruegel Working Paper ISSUE 5/2016 [PDF]
The Belt and Road initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe.
Garcia Herroro, Alicia, Xu, Jianwei
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ABSTRACT This study systematizes the literature on eco‐innovation and economic complexity, aiming to understand how the sophistication of productive structures shapes countries' capacity to develop environmentally responsible innovations, and how eco‐innovation may, in turn, influence productive sophistication.
Gregory Matheus Pereira de Moraes +1 more
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Beyond birds: rethinking bird‐centered pathogen models in light of insect migration
Migration redistributes biomass, nutrients, and pathogens across ecosystems. For decades, migratory birds have been treated as the default long‐distance pathogen vectors, shaping both conceptual frameworks and empirical models of disease ecology.
Virginia Morandini
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Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative
This article aims to examine the implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for Myanmar. BRI is an economic and strategic agenda of China.
Thaingi Khin Htwe
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Why China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative should be taken more seriously by the EU [PDF]
The so called ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative is a plan by China to foster stronger cooperation and connectivity with other countries in Europe and Asia.
Grimmel, Andreas, My Giang, Susanne
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Flexible Direct‐Conversion X‐Ray Detectors: From Emerging Materials to Conformal Imaging
This comprehensive review analyzed the performance, challenges, and future directions of four emerging material systems for next‐generation flexible direct‐conversion X‐ray detectors: organic semiconductors, perovskites, metal–organic frameworks, and inorganic metal compounds.
Haipeng Di +11 more
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China's one belt and one road initiative: Iranian perspectives on the new silk road strategy [PDF]
Within the framework of China’s global rise, the 'One Belt, One Road' initiative launched by Xi Jinping in 2013 can be seen as marking a proactive turn in its foreign policy.
Joharchi, S
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(1) A theoretical framework for examining the impact of the CETS on carbon emissions in the LS of the YREB is developed based on Porter's hypothesis and synergy theory. (2) Assessing the Effects of a CETS through DID Modeling. (3) The spatial correlation of carbon emissions within the LS is examined through the development of a SDM.
Zhaoyang Zhao, Chong Ye, Jing Huang
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The Belt and Road Initiative and Globalization: The Perspective of Globalization-Constituting Theory [PDF]
Because the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed by only one country—China, most of previous studies have adopted a state-centered economic perspective to understand it. However, this perspective is inadequate to grasp this project that is designed to
FAYIN XU
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An uphill struggle? Towards coordinated EU engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. EPC Policy Brief No. 48 November 2017 [PDF]
China’s 19th Party Congress unexpectedly amended the party’s constitution with a pledge to “pursue the Belt and Road Initiative”. This further elevates the status of president Xi’s heavily promoted foreign policy, which aims at creating trade and ...
Klose, Stephan +2 more
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