Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Risks of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

 This year marks the tenth anniversary of China’s historic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an  ambitious global infrastructure platform to expand connectivity, economic integration, growth  and cooperation across the globe.  This report synthesizes the work of the Boston University Global Development Policy Center  (GDP Center) evaluating the promise of China’s overseas economic activity in general, and  the BRI in particular. Our policy-oriented research finds that the BRI has delivered significant  benefits to the countries that China has engaged with, but has also accentuated real risks for  China and host countries alike.









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