This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of growth and job creation. Being a bit ahead in the structural transformation process, China can provide ideas, tacit knowledge, opportunities as well as development finances in...

Between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2007, the period under review in this Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE), Egypt's economic performance improved substantially, particularly after 2004, following improvements in economic management, structural reforms, and correction of the exchange rate. The GDP...

Ethiopia is among the World Bank's largest IDA-eligible borrowers in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a country portfolio comprising 22 active projects for a total net commitment of US$2 billion as of end-FY07. The Bank's overarching objective during the period under review (FY98-FY06) was to support...

This book focuses on sustainable and inclusive structural transformation and the need to go beyond aid in a multi-polar world. Historically, structural transformation has been a powerful engine of growth and job creation. Traditional development aid is inadequate to address the bottlenecks for...

Against the backdrop of anti-globalization rhetoric, this paper summarizes our joint book entitledGoing Beyond Aid (Lin and Wang, 2017a) and discusses the prospects for development finance inthe broad context of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Based on the New Structural Economics (Lin,2010; 2011),...

Two new development banks have been established: the New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructural Investment Bank (AIIB). However, what conceptual framework will they formulate? This paper addresses infrastructural financing issues from the angle of structural transformation as a strategy...

This book focuses on sustainable and inclusive structural transformation and the need to go beyond aid in a multipolar world. Historically, structural transformation has been a powerful engine of growth and job creation. Traditional development aid is inadequate to address the bottlenecks for...