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, in particular between Chinese and non-Chinese firms. Based on a firm level survey on Ethiopia and Ghana, we found that …-Chinese firms in Ghana though not in Ethiopia. Also, there is little evidence that foreign firms transfer technology via horizontal … support than other foreign firms in Ghana but not in Ethiopia. …
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Using the World Bank survey of 1500 firms in five Chinese cities, we study whether the presence of foreign firms produces technology spillovers on domestic firms operating in the same city and industry. We find positive spillovers for more backward firms. We analyze the channels of such...
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We employ the “social conditions of innovative enterprise” framework to analyze the key determinants of China … industrial development in China. Third, we provide evidence on achievements in indigenous innovation—by which we mean …, we sketch out the implications of our approach for current debates on the role of innovation in China’s development path …
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On January 1, 2008, the Chinese government partly reduced the privileges enjoyed by FDI firms. This policy change again put the effects of FDI into public focus. Using Chinese industry-level panel data, this paper analyzes the spillover effects of FDI from the perspective of technology gaps...
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China is now the world's largest destination of FDI, despite assessments highlighting its institutional deficiencies …. But this FDI inflow corresponds closely to predicted FDI flows into China from a model that predicts FDI inflow based on … discrepancy is that, if government quality is measured by constraints on executive power, China receives somewhat more FDI than …
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Historical narratives and contemporary challenges -- The significance of the Sino-African solidarity -- Hang together or hang separately: the revival of South-South cooperation -- Comparative disadvantage -- Dangerous obsession with the domestic determinants of foreign direct investment --...
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China's role in Africa, the chapter identifies pessimistic views that focus on the potential imperialist character of China …. Set within an institutions framework, it articulated a discourse on the motivation of Chinese cooperation with Africa. On … foreign investment in Africa. The paper amplifies the silent reality that other emerging economies such as India and Brazil …
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that much of the controversy about Chinese "aid" stems from a failure to distinguish between China’s Official Development … Assistance (ODA) and more commercially-oriented sources and types of state financing. Using a new database on China’s official … financing commitments to Africa from 2000-2013, we find the allocation of Chinese ODA to be driven primarily by foreign policy …
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