<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The debate about the benefits and the risks brought both to People’s Republic of China and to the other participant countries by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been gaining momentum in the academic and in the political landscapes. We argue that the BRI is the main pillar of the new financial institutionalism proposed by China to redefine the current global financial architecture and that, consequently, the initiative needs to be considered in that context. This paper (i) reviews the timeline that led to this Chinese-led new financial institutionalism, (ii) proposes two theoretical frameworks to define the concept of multilateral financial statecraft and of new financial institutionalism led by China, and (iii) enumerates the main differences and similarities observed between this new financial institutionalism and the one dominated by the Bretton Woods-related institutions that gradually emerged after World War II, such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Marshall Plan, and the Asian Development Bank.</p></abstract>

The debate about the benefits and the risks brought both to People’s Republic of China and to the other participant countries by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been gaining momentum in the academic and in the political landscapes. We argue that the BRI is the main pillar of the new financial institutionalism proposed by China to redefine the current global financial architecture and that, consequently, the initiative needs to be considered in that context. This paper (i) reviews the timeline that led to this Chinese-led new financial institutionalism, (ii) proposes two theoretical frameworks to define the concept of multilateral financial statecraft and of new financial institutionalism led by China, and (iii) enumerates the main differences and similarities observed between this new financial institutionalism and the one dominated by the Bretton Woods-related institutions that gradually emerged after World War II, such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Marshall Plan, and the Asian Development Bank.

The Belt and Road Initiative: The Cornerstone of the New-Fangled Financial Institutionalism Led by China

ISEG-Lisbon School of Economics and Management

Institute for Research on Portuguese Speaking Countries

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The debate about the benefits and the risks brought both to People’s Republic of China and to the other participant countries by the Belt and Road Initiative...

The Belt and Road Initiative: The Cornerstone of the New-Fangled Financial Institutionalism Led by China

Pubblicato online: 07 nov 2019

Pagine: 153 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0018

Parole chiave
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Belt and Road Initiative, China, development finance, economic diplomacy, financial institutionalism, financial statecraft, international financial institutions, multilateral development banks

© 2019 Enrique Martínez Galán et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Belt and Road Initiative: The Cornerstone of the New-Fangled Financial Institutionalism Led by China

Pubblicato online: 07 nov 2019

Pagine: 153 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0018

Parole chiaveAsian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Belt and Road Initiative, China, development finance, economic diplomacy, financial institutionalism, financial statecraft, international financial institutions, multilateral development banks

© 2019 Enrique Martínez Galán et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Belt and Road Initiative, China, development finance, economic diplomacy, financial institutionalism, financial statecraft, international financial institutions, multilateral development banks