Chinese Investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is having profound impacts on recipient countries. This paper examines the benefits and costs of the BRI and its projects to Sri Lanka and the lessons that may improve future BRI projects in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

Research paper Updated 11 December 2020 Published 24 March 2020 ISBN: 978 1 78413 384 9

Workers unload cargo from the first vessel to enter the newly built Chinese-funded
port in Hambantota, 18 November 2010. Photo: Getty Images.
— Workers unload cargo from the first vessel to enter the newly built Chinese-funded port in Hambantota, 18 November 2010. Photo: Getty Images.