There has been a lot of research and criticism into the nature of Chinese investment in African countries in the past ten years. This Special Issue brings together a set of papers which highlights not only some (fair) criticisms but also the developmental benefits that such FDI has had in some...

Purpose – The rapid economic growth of China has attracted the attention of economists, researchers and politicians. China is one of the largest economies in the world, with its gross domestic product (GDP) rising on an average above 9 percent. This economic growth is considered responsible...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the sources of economic growth based on an augmented Mankiw, Romer, and Weil's model which considers human capital in the forms of both health and education for a group of East Asian economies including China....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve the measurement of nominal level and actual strength of China's intellectual property protection (IPP), and examine whether the increase of actual protection strength (APS) is positive or negative impact on China's provincial economic growth....

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workers' remittances and economic growth in China and Korea. Design/methodology/approach – This paper has employed annual time series data over the period of 1980 to 2009. Johansen and Jeuuselius's cointegration...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between import and economic growth for 62 countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for long-run relation and Granger causality test, in order to detect the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the recent financial reforms in China. Following the country's accession to the World Trade Organization, financial liberalisation has picked up considerable momentum. Wide-ranging reforms introduced encompass deregulation in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the export-led growth, growth-led export, import-led growth, growth-led import and foreign deficit sustainability hypothesis in the case of China, using annual time series data from 1978-2009. Design/methodology/approach – For estimation...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between foreign debt, economic growth and economic crisis. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model theoretically and examines empirically the relationship between foreign debt,...

Purpose – World Trade Organization (WTO) accession marked a new beginning for China's economic, legal and institutional reforms and rapid integration with the rest of the world. The purpose of this paper is to review China's post-WTO transition experience, synthesize and update studies on...