China’s massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive could speed up economic devel...
FILE PHOTO: A member of the security personnel sits behind a logo of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
The long-delayed report said that the Belt and Road, a string of ports, railways, roads and bridges and other investments connecting China to Europe via central and southern Asia, could lift 32 million people out of moderate poverty conditions if implemented fully. “Achieving the ambitions of the Belt and Road Initiative will require equally ambitious reforms from participating countries,” Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, World Bank vice president for equitable growth, said in a statement.
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