Overview
Includes case studies from Angola and Rwanda
Argues that the developmental impact model or aid cum assistance programs are mired in some form of colonial mode of thinking
Explores the role of “African agency” and the capacity of ruling elites to negotiate trade and investment deals with China for the good of Africa
Posits that both China and Africa ignore the ethical, moral and sustainable dimensions and focuses purely on doing business
Questions who is benefiting from Chinese investment, and whether benefits are meaningfully accrued to Africans
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptualising China-Africa Relations
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Front Matter
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The Impact of China’s Trade and Investment on Employment Generation, the Transfer of Technology, Debt Trap and the Emergence of New Form of Dependency
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Historical connection between China and Africa
- Africa countries shift towards China
- China’s policy objectives
- Resource exploitation by China
- China's trade and investment policy
- Postcolonialism and Africa
- China’s Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s)
- African Agency in China-Africa Relations
- African leadership and elites in partnership with China
- Bargaining power of African leadership
- China’s economic relations with Angola
- China’s economic relations with Rwanda
- China, Africa and Accountability
- China, Africa and Human rights
- China, Africa and Governance Practice
- China, Angola and Employment
- China, Rwanda and Employment
- China, Angola and transfer of skills and technology
- China, Rwanda and transfer of skills and technology
- China - Benefactor or Exploiter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Trade and Investment in Africa
Book Subtitle: Impact on Development, Employment Generation & Transfer of Technology
Authors: Alpha Furbell Lisimba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9573-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9572-1Published: 22 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9575-2Published: 23 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9573-8Published: 21 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 339
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Political Economy, African Economics, Development Policy, Development Economics, Asian Economics