The Risks and Rewards of Resource—for—Infrastructure Deals: Lessons from the Congo’s Sicomines Agreement
Risk calculations play an important role in determining the interest rates of development financing. That said, certain countries’ risk levels make it challenging for their governments to obtain credit—at almost any interest rate.
Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Development Finance Flows to Africa
China rose to prominence in the global economy with breakneck speed in recent decades. Its increasing role in the arenas of international trade and foreign investment has been accompanied by a growing development finance agenda.
The Path Ahead: The 7th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
The 7th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing from September 3 to 4, 2018.
Why the focus on China’s role in Mugabe’s fall missed the bigger picture
China’s alleged involvement in Robert Mugabe’s downfall has drowned out numerous other notable external stakeholders.
China’s Involvement in South Africa’s Wind and Solar PV Industries
China is now a global leader in renewable energy production, an important player in development finance and climate change diplomacy, and the world’s largest provider of energy finance.
We Are Not so Different: A Comparative Study of Employment Relations at Chinese and American Firms in Kenya
One of the most common critiques of China in Africa is that Chinese firms exploit local laborers and undermine labor standards. Are Chinese employers actually worse to their African workers than other foreign employers?
China and Africa: Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent
Drawing on leading and emerging scholars in the field, this book unpacks the complexity of security challenges confronting China and the continent. It also interrogates how security considerations impact upon the growing economic and social links China has developed with African states.
To stop poaching, ivory ban must be permanent
Elephants in the wild are under serious threat: Save the Elephants estimates that 100,000 elephants were killed for their ivory in Africa between 2010 and 2012.
Have China’s global ambitions outgrown BRICS?
Has China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) usurped BRICS as China’s flagship forum? And if so, what does this mean for future BRICS co-operation?
Creating a Market for Skills Transfer: A Case Study of AVIC International’s Skills Transfer Programs in Kenya
This paper provides an in-depth case study of a set of AVIC International’s local workforce development programs in Kenya, which challenges the stereotype that Chinese firms in Africa care little about local development.