Export, Employment, or Productivity? Chinese Investments in Ethiopia’s Leather and Leather Product Sectors
This paper focuses on Chinese investment in Ethiopia’s leather sector and its impact on local development.
The Blind Spot: International Mining in Angoche and Larde, Mozambique
By comparing Chinese and Irish companies in their respective dealings with local civil societies and communities, this study probes the social impacts of heavy sand mining by international companies in Mozambique.
G20: Where are leaders when you need them?
The G20 sees its role as providing a rudder guiding the global economy through choppy seas.
Chinese Manufacturing and Agricultural Investment in Tanzania: A Scoping Study
This paper uses empirical evidence from the field to examine Chinese manufacturing and agricultural investments in Tanzania.
Chinese Agricultural and Manufacturing Investment in Kenya: A Scoping Study
This paper examines ongoing Chinese investments in Kenya’s agricultural and manufacturing industries. Overall, we found that more and more Chinese firms are exploring business opportunities in these two sectors, although growth has been unsteady.
Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Commercial Ties with Africa
In recent decades, China has risen to prominence in the global economy with breakneck speed. For example, its foreign direct investment outflows have increased more than 250—fold since 1990 and its bilateral trade volume increased by a factor of 24 between 1992 and 2015.
China’s Belt and Road plan: how will it affect Africa?
Depending on who you listen to, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is either the end of the world, or the beginning of a much better one. The initiative is a massive rollout of infrastructure aimed at connecting China to other economic centres in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, and it has become the centrepiece of President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy.
Lessons from East Asia: Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam’s Early-Stage Special Economic Zone Development
This paper compares how Ethiopia and Vietnam, two rising stars actively employing industrial policies as catalysts of structural change, have learned from East Asian countries’ experiences in developing their own special economic zones (SEZs).
Wealth from Waste? Chinese Investments and Technology Transfer in the Tanzanian Plastic Recycling Industry
In this paper, I examine the plastic industry’s current state of development in Tanzania and the linkages it has created with the local economy.
Fresh perspectives on the future of China-Africa ties
Few global trends are as momentous as the flourishing relationship between Africa and China.