Elvira Mami

Sep 30, 2024 | odi.org | Rebecca Nadin |Elvira Mami |Linda Calabrese |Yue Cao

Since its inception in 2013, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has aimed to address a range of strategic objectives, from strengthening regional cooperation to expanding trade and investment opportunities. The initiative also seeks to address overcapacity, promote supply-side reforms, and enhance China's influence in developing countries. As the BRI marks over a decade of implementation, a key question remains: what has it delivered for the developing countries that joined the initiative?

Jan 22, 2024 | odi.org | Elvira Mami

The Middle Corridor is rapidly gaining popularity as an alternative trade route, especially in light of geopolitical developments. This emerging trade corridor provides an alternative to the well-established Northern Corridor (a transport corridor connecting Europe and Asia through Russia), specifically offering shorter distance, access to untapped markets and potential for growth.

Oct 26, 2023 | odi.org | Elvira Mami

The Third Belt and Road Forum took place in Beijing last week marking ten years of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s flagship outbound economic engagement initiative. Media attention has focused on lending and FDI in developing countries. However, a less talked about feature of China’s outward economic expansion is the slow and steady progress in the internationalisation of China’s currency, the Renminbi (RMB) over the past few years.