The BRI and the SDGs – how China can help achieve equitable, sustainable development by 2030

The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs – how China can help achieve equitable, sustainable development by 2030

Institute of Development Studies, 18 December 2019

The actions of China’s ‘project of the century’, said to span 67 countries and be worth between eight and nine trillion dollars, will be critical to whether climate change goals and the SDG 2030 deadline – now just ten years away – are to be met. A new IDS Bulletin, ‘The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development’, examines the impact of BRI on environmental and social standards and how it can act as a critical link to delivering the 2030 Agenda.

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