Seit der Jahrtausendwende intensiviert die Volksrepublik China ihre Außenpolitik gegenüber afrikanischen Staaten in bislang unbekanntem Ausmaß. Mit Schlagworten wie 'Strategische Partnerschaft', 'Süd-Süd-Kooperation' und 'Win-win-Situation' positioniert sich China rhetorisch als...

This paper fills the gap in the Sudanese literature and discusses the effectiveness of Chinese aid for financing development in Sudan using new primary data at the micro level. We find that the Chinese share in total loans and grants offered to Sudan greatly increased from 17% in 1999 to 73% in...

There is no doubt: we want to help. The well-documented horrors of extreme poverty around the world have created a moral imperative that people have responded to in their millions. Yet the poverty persists. At a time of unprecedented global prosperity, children are starving to death. Are we not...