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India’s Economic Diplomacy in Africa

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This chapter aims to shed further light on the debate, reviewing some of the implications of the growing role of economic diplomacy in Indo–African relations. Economic diplomacy is here understood as the deployment of various economic tools to achieve policy goals. This includes trade and investment, developmental assistance, bilateral agreements etc.

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  1. Professor in International Relations and African Politics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK

    Ian Taylor

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  2. Centre for African Studies (CAS), University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

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Taylor, I. (2016). India’s Economic Diplomacy in Africa. In: Dubey, A., Biswas, A. (eds) India and Africa's Partnership. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2619-2_6

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