Local Skill Development from China’s Engagement in Africa: Comparative Evidence from the Construction Sector in Ghana
Over the past decade, Chinese enterprises have made significant progress in developing new business ventures in Africa. There is ongoing debate whether these Chinese enterprises contribute to local skill development in their host countries.
Export, Employment, or Productivity? Chinese Investments in Ethiopia’s Leather and Leather Product Sectors
With the largest livestock population in Africa, and a long tradition of making leather products, the Ethiopian government recognizes the enormous potential these industries have to lead the agriculture to industry transformation.
Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Commercial Ties with Africa
China’s increasing clout in international affairs came as western actors began to pay increasing attention to the quality of governance in developing countries.
Disasters While Digging: Rates of Violence Against Mine Workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, and Zambia
In 2010, Southern Zambia’s Collum Coal Mine made international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Disgruntled about a pay increase they say never materialized, a group of miners took their complaints to management.
The Blind Spot: International Mining in Angoche and Larde, Mozambique
This study probes the social impacts of heavy and sand mining by international companies in Mozambique, looking specifically at how disputes are negotiated between companies, municipal and provincial governments, and civil society organizations (CSOs) representing local communities.
Wealth from Waste? Chinese Investments and Technology Transfer in the Tanzanian Plastic Recycling Industry
The history of recycling is almost as long as that of industrialization. Many developed countries, including the US and Japan, have benefited from the cross-border waste trade and recycling activities during their early stages of industrialization.
Lessons from East Asia: Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam’s Early-Stage Special Economic Zone Development
The successful structural transformation of many East Asian countries in the twentieth century has made their developmental path attractive to many policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Southeast Asia.
Do China-Financed Dams in Sub-Saharan Africa Improve the Region’s Social Welfare? A Case Study of the Impacts of Ghana’s Bui Dam
Lack of access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa is a major impediment to the region’s economic growth.
Assessing Chinese Manufacturing Investments in East Africa: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities
Of all the countries in Africa, Tanzania as enjoyed one of the most extensive economic linkages with China in part because of its political stability as well as its historical solidarity with China during the socialist era.
Can Africa build greener infrastructure while speeding up its development? Lessons from China
In 2013 China launched a global connectivity project known as the Belt and Road Initiative.