China's increased trade with and investment in Africa have boosted the continent's economic growth but have also … generated considerable controversy. In this paper we investigate China's outward direct investment ODI in Africa using macro and … micro data. The aggregate data on China's ODI in African countries reveal that China's share of the stock of foreign …

Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … investigate the political determinants of road paving in West Africa across the 1965-2012 period. Controlling for geography and … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …

We investigate the empirical determinants of China's outward direct investment (ODI). It is found that China … developed and developing countries, there is evidence that a) both market seeking and resources seeking motives drive China …'s ODI, b) the Chinese exports to developing countries induce China's ODI, c) China's international reserves promote its ODI …

In this paper we focus on the rapidly deepening bilateral India-China economic relationship. Each is deeply integrating … into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … China, and the two have to be considered a joint global presence. India and China are thus viewed in the literature in …

We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil … rates suggest that China will become the dominant trade partner for Brazil surprisingly soon. -- economic relationship …

potential concerns on China's state-backed OFDI and its implication on long-term sustainability. -- outward foreign direct …

motivations are relevant for both manufacturing and services. -- China ; foreign direct investment ; internationalization ; trade …

(economic growth). Our findings for the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People Republic of China and India (ACI …