Belt and Road Initiative & Bangladesh
9.3 Environmental issues: Bangladesh
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Around 56 per cent of China's
total investment in Bangladesh is
in the energy sector, and more
precisely - in coal.
Such large investment in coal-
based energy sector projects may
have adverse impacts on the
environment.
BRI is partly responsible for the
soaring investment in renewable
energy worldwide.
So it is strange that there was not
enough BRI investment
renewable energy in Bangladesh.
Figure: Sector-wise Chinese investment in Bangladesh,
2015-2018 (as % of total investment)
Sector
Other Industry
2.02%
Finance
(Investment)
2.94%
Metals (Steel)
in
Energy (Coal)
39.08%
55.96%
CENTRE FOR
POLICY DIALOGUE
0%
50%
100%
Percentage of total investment
Source: Authors' illustration based on data from China
Global
Available at
Investment
Tracker.
http://www.aei.org/china-global-investment-tracker/
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