Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … markets may adversely affect their own growth prospects. This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for …

The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …

We estimate a gravity model to address the question of whether Africa’s bilateral trade with industrial countries is … African country tends to “overtrade” compared with developing countries in other regions, although the degree to which Africa …

This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly … countries in Africa have achieved in attracting a substantial volume of FDI. Strong leadership, which has helped promote … Africa …