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DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;\nInternational Executive Roundtable\nDemystifying China
 &rsquo\;s Belt and Road Initiative\nDr. Rafiq Dossani\, Director\, RAND Ce
 nter for Asia Pacific Policy\; Professor\, Pardee RAND Graduate School\n&n
 bsp\;\nThursday\, March 5\, 2020\n12:00 &ndash\; 1:30 pm\nJake Jabs Event 
 Center\nCU Denver Business School\n1475 Lawrence St.\, Denver\, CO 80204\n
 Lunch will be provided\nLivestream link available upon request\nClick here
  to RSVP\nLecture Overview\nThe talk will discuss the Belt and Road Initia
 tive (BRI)\, an initiative for transcontinental infrastructure constructio
 n conceptualized in China and under implementation in over 70 countries. T
 he BRI primarily promotes the building of physical infrastructure that wil
 l connect the partner country globally.&nbsp\;\nDespite its needs-based ap
 proach\, the BRI has been widely criticized for creating undesirable effec
 ts\, such as increasing partner countries&rsquo\; economic dependence on C
 hina through debt-trap lending. In the talk\, we will identify and explain
  what is different about the BRI\, the evidence that is available on the i
 mpacts of the BRI and the implications for policymakers.\nDr. Rafiq Dossan
 i\nDr. Rafiq Dossani is director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Polic
 y\, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation\, and a professor at the Pa
 rdee RAND Graduate School. He works on education\, finance\, regional deve
 lopment\, security\, trade\, and technology issues. Recent projects includ
 e academic medical center design in China\, the Belt and Road Initiative\,
  blended delivery models in higher education\, security in the Korean Peni
 nsula\, smart city development in China\, studies of Taiwan's security and
  prosperity\, trade relations in Asia\, and the use of artificial intellig
 ence in elder home health care in Taiwan.\nInternational Executive Roundta
 bles\nInternational Executive Roundtables are hosted by CU Denver&rsquo\;s
  Institute for International Business (IIB) and Center for International B
 usiness Education and Research (CIBER) with support from the late Burton C
 harles Boothby and the St. Charles Investment Company\, and the Carole Ann
  Jemal-Gibson and Greg Gibson Fund.&nbsp\;\nRSVP\nInternational Executive 
 Roundtables are free to attend.\nPlease RSVP by 12:00 noon on&nbsp\;Monday
 \, March 2\, 2020&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DossaniIER
 \n&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Demystifying China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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 p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>International Executive Roundtable<
 /strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em></em><em style="text-ali
 gn: left\;">Demystifying China&rsquo\;s Belt and Road Initiative</em></p>\
 n<p style="text-align: center\;">Dr. Rafiq Dossani\, Director\, RAND Cente
 r for Asia Pacific Policy\; Professor\, Pardee RAND Graduate School</p>\n<
 p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Thursday\, March 5\
 , 2020</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">12:00 &ndash\; 1:30 p
 m<br />\n<span style="text-align: left\;">Jake Jabs Event Center<br />\n</
 span><span style="text-align: left\;">CU Denver Business School<br />\n147
 5 Lawrence St.\, Denver\, CO 80204<br />\n</span><span style="text-align: 
 left\;">Lunch will be provided<br />\n<strong>Livestream link available up
 on request</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong><a
  href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DossaniIER">Click here to RSVP</a></
 strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Lecture
  Overview<br />\n</span></strong>The talk will discuss the Belt and Road I
 nitiative (BRI)\, an initiative for transcontinental infrastructure constr
 uction conceptualized in China and under implementation in over 70 countri
 es. The BRI primarily promotes the building of physical infrastructure tha
 t will connect the partner country globally.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Despite its ne
 eds-based approach\, the BRI has been widely criticized for creating undes
 irable effects\, such as increasing partner countries&rsquo\; economic dep
 endence on China through debt-trap lending. In the talk\, we will identify
  and explain what is different about the BRI\, the evidence that is availa
 ble on the impacts of the BRI and the implications for policymakers.</p>\n
 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Dr. Rafiq Dossani<br
  />\n</span></strong>Dr. Rafiq Dossani is director of the RAND Center for 
 Asia Pacific Policy\, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation\, and a p
 rofessor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He works on education\, finan
 ce\, regional development\, security\, trade\, and technology issues. Rece
 nt projects include academic medical center design in China\, the Belt and
  Road Initiative\, blended delivery models in higher education\, security 
 in the Korean Peninsula\, smart city development in China\, studies of Tai
 wan's security and prosperity\, trade relations in Asia\, and the use of a
 rtificial intelligence in elder home health care in Taiwan.</p>\n<p><stron
 g><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">International Executive Round
 tables<br />\n</span></strong>International Executive Roundtables are host
 ed by CU Denver&rsquo\;s Institute for International Business (IIB) and Ce
 nter for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) with suppor
 t from the late Burton Charles Boothby and the St. Charles Investment Comp
 any\, and the Carole Ann Jemal-Gibson and Greg Gibson Fund.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p
 ><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">RSVP<br />\n</span></s
 trong><strong>International Executive Roundtables are free to attend.<br /
 >\n</strong><strong>Please RSVP by 12:00 noon on&nbsp\;</strong><strong>Mo
 nday\, March 2\, 2020&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com
 /r/DossaniIER">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DossaniIER</a></strong></p>\
 n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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