... strategy must contend with an erosion of global interdependencies. This policy brief examines three key elements of China’s response: an infrastructure megaproject for computing power, a “whole-of-nation” approach to developing AI foundation models, and efforts to forge connections with foreign innovation...

... influence has been entangled in local histories and political economies. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Pakistan China Gilgit-Baltistan Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure land rights Whose mountains are these? The question is a rhetorical one...

..., Nairobi has developed into a seedbed for information technology advances and constellations of new services. These platforms have played an especially prominent role in filling infrastructure gaps in the provision of water and electricity. The author argues that these processes should provoke us to extend...

... institutions. While building much-needed infrastructure, these projects serve to enrich local political elites while fueling resentment and suspicion among their populations. Evidence for this argument is presented from three spheres: the principal implementers of the BRI, the main projects that have been...

... Ibañez-Tirado Magnus Marsden China Belt Road Initiative Silk Road trade Central Asia Tajikistan economic development commerce foreign investment infrastructure PERSPECTIVE China s Old and New Central Asian Ties DIANA IBAÑEZ-TIRADO AND MAGNUS MARSDEN 283 Traveling by road from...

... mining construction infrastructure labor relations Barely a decade ago and four years before he was elected president of Zambia, Michael Sata spoke for many when he delivered a searing attack on the Chinese presence in his country and in Africa as a whole. Although enthu- siasm for China s role...

...Daniel P. Aldrich Focusing solely on physical infrastructure runs the risk of overlooking another critical component of resilience: social infrastructure. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Aldrich climate change global...

... The Regents of the University of California Gregory Chin China President Xi Jinping foreign policy trade multilateral institutions New Development Bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Silk Road Economic Belt Maritime Silk 217 Beijing has come to realize that multilateral...

... of the University of California Scott Taylor Africa business entrepreneurship capitalism economic growth development infrastructure investment commodities According to a variety of metrics, business is booming in sub-Saharan Africa. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased steadily, from...

... market area Franco Cardoso Argentina FTAA IIRSA Brasilia infrastructure inter-American development bank Inacio de Silva Unasur union Bolivaria BNDES Rousseff Defense council OAS CLACS Carribean Haiti Maduro China Lula 64 [E]ver since the Baron of Rio Branco asserted his...

...Roberto Zagha Inequality in India could be much more efficiently reduced through reforms that shrink the costly system of transfers, increase the role of markets in resource allocation, expand infrastructure investments, and improve the delivery of education and health care. © 2013 Current...

... poverty health care education economic growth India Kenya Uganda Peru prevention infrastructure social mobility 20 To make progress toward moving a majority of the world s population into better circumstances, we must adopt a more nuanced view of what constitutes poverty. The Mixed News...