Richard Sambasivam is a country risk economist at the Export-Import Bank of the United States. He has a master's degree from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and writes about history, economics, and international development.

November 2, 2021

Analysis

The Diverging Gap

The history of the global infrastructure gap

On June 11, leaders at the G7 summit signed the Build Back Better World (B3W) Partnership, an agreement which commits signatories to meet the infrastructure needs of low- and middle-income countries. The deal is an explicit response to China’s Belt…