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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2021.02.075 Corpus ID: 233922584; Impact of technological innovation, financial development and foreign direct investment on renewable energy, non-renewable energy and the environment in belt & Road Initiative countries
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