Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) and Research Fellow of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC).
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Gong Sen is Executive Vice-President (Director-General) of the Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) and Research Fellow of the Development Research Center of the State Council
(DRC).
Institute of Development Studies
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Melissa Leach is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. She co-founded and co-directed the ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre from 2006 to 2014, with its pioneering pathways approach to innovation, sustainability and development issues. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and was awarded a CBE in 2017 for services to social science.
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Jing Gu is Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development and a Senior Research Fellow at IDS. She has extensive experience in research and advisory work of governance, rule of law, business, inclusive growth, and sustainable development.
Volume 50
Number 4
Published: December 18, 2019
This IDS Bulletin seeks to explore these debates in more depth, looking at the opportunities and challenges that are associated with aligning the BRI and Global Goals frameworks at local, national and international levels to achieve universal global economic social and environmental goals. It highlights new evidence, analyses and insights from across a range of experts from China and BRI countries, and points both to the potential for the BRI to help achieve sustainable development outcomes and the political, economic, financial, environmental and social risks, implications and impacts for involved countries and communities.
