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The impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the environment is an important but controversial topic. But assessing it faces a significant challenge for separating its policy impact from the overall effect of economic development that will also have environmental impacts. This paper attempts to provide an evolutionary and counterfactual baseline to evaluate the environmental impact of BRI, based on the distribution dynamics approach and the mobility probability plots (MPPs). Our estimation results suggest that while the majority of BRI economies will lower their emission levels compared...

Pakistan and the Philippines have been mainstays on Committee to Protect Journalists' Global Impunity Index since its inception in 2008

A surge in foreign direct investment in Korea over the past 25 years is the result of the country’s deep partnership with the OECD, leading to a sizeable increase in trade in services and a deeper integration in global value chains.

Since its founding, the World Bank has evolved to perform three main functions: provide global public goods, generate valuable data and independent analysis,

Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1]with India. India was among the