Foster, Vivien; Butterfield, William; Chen, Chuan - 2012
In 2006, which China named the "Year of Africa," it quadrupled its investment commitments to infrastructure in Sub …-Saharan Africa, to more than $7 billion. In 2007 China committed another $4.5 billion. Such funds could make a significant … contribution toward meeting Africa's infrastructure investment needs. In the power sector, where Africa faces some of its largest …