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Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Dr. David Dollar
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Dr. Dollar is a leading expert on economic development and U.S.-China relations. He has over 30 years of experience working in China and international finance.
Global Business / Economy
Is China's Belt and Road Initiative a Development Program — or the Most Ambitious Debt Trap in the History of Geopolitics?Is China's Belt and Road Initiative a visionary infrastructure program or a debt trap in disguise? Dr. David Dollar, Dr. Anna Ashton, and Dr. Debra K. Hwang debate whether $1 trillion in global infrastructure investment is genuinely closing the development gap — or quietly entrenching smaller nations in financial dependency and reduced sovereignty.