Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion … between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to $59 billion over the same period. China is … now Africa's third largest trading partner behind the EU and the US. The Chinese FDI stock in Africa has grown from $49 …

locally. When the MFA was removed, constrained countries such as China moved strongly into precisely the markets in which AGOA …

This paper explores whether one of the most important U.S. policies towards Africa of the past few decades achieved its …

In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a … celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey … contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach (West saves Africa) to occasional swings to a "marginal" approach (West …

This study examines the claim that the AIDS epidemic will slow the pace of economic growth. We do this by examining the … prevalence of AIDS and the rate of growth of GDP per capita. Our analysis uses well- established empirical growth models to … control for a variety of factors possibly correlated with AIDS prevalence that might also influence growth. We also account …

the economic impacts of antiretroviral treatment in Africa. The responses in two important outcomes are studied: (1) labor … supply of adult AIDS patients receiving treatment; and (2) labor supply of children and adults living in the patients …

We document the impact of the AIDS crisis on non-AIDS related health services in fourteen sub-Saharan African countries … correlated with increases in AIDS prevalence. Regions of countries that have light AIDS burdens have witnessed small or no …