country (China) over the period 1997-2009. We confirm Hausmann, Hwang and Rodrik (2007)'s prediction that regions that … contributors to the global upgrading of China's exports. This finding suggests that the contribution of assembly trade and foreign …

among countries having similar structural characteristics (same rates of investment, of capitaldepreciation, of demographic … the assumption that the nature of technical progress is not the same one according to the type of investment that is … realized. We first deduce from this assumption relations between investment, production and employment. Then, by introducing …

contractual relationships that link exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to China and investment by Chinese firms in Sub-Saharan Africa … combine trade, aid and investment, which may create 'lock-in' effects. China's trade and investment focus on the commodities …The paper analyses the economic relationships between China and Sub-Saharan African countries, including original …