“One Belt One Road” is a Mega project that symbolizes Globalization and the connectivity among states, companies and people. In a period of five years (2013-2018) plans were turned into new railroads, logistic centres and transport facilities. The literature review and media publications have revealed information about kilometres of high speed railways, a huge volume of investments in Africa, Asia and Europe. Politics, political ambitions and political concerns are priorities of many academic studies. This paper examines the “One Belt One Road” initiative from a different perspective: business models and mechanics that transform the strategy of Chinese leaders into infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Bulgaria. The core problem under investigation is the rationale and applicability of a Public-Private Partnership within the “One Belt One Road” Initiative. The results of a literature review and first-hand information provide us with some answers and with a new set of questions. The paper is organized as follows: (i) Introduction, (ii) Part One, which summarizes recent trends in “One Belt and One Road’’ developments in CEE and the Balkans; (iii) Part Two sheds light on the essence of PPP; (iv) Part Three analyzes the results of field research; (v) the final part concerns the perspectives of a PPP model within the ‘’One Belt One Road’’ initiative in the Balkan region, incl. Bulgaria.
Boeva, B., Боева, Б. THE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL (THE BULGARIAN CASE),
Publishing Complex - UNWE, 2021, 125-133.
Boeva, B., Боева, Б. .
THE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL (THE BULGARIAN CASE).
Sofia: Publishing Complex - UNWE, 2021, 125-133.
Boeva, B., Боева, Б. (2021)
THE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL (THE BULGARIAN CASE),
Sofia: Publishing Complex - UNWE, 125-133
Boeva, B., & Боева, Б.
(2021).
THE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL (THE BULGARIAN CASE). 2020 "China and Central & Eastern Europe" : International Scientific Forum : China-CEEC Cooperation and Development (с. 125-133). Sofia: Publishing Complex - UNWE.
