Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Opening a Capitalist Window -- 2. Closing the Open Door -- 3. The Korean War and the Fight for Trade -- 4. Commerce in the Making of "Peaceful Coexistence" -- 5. A "Great Leap" in Trade -- 6....

Opening a capitalist window -- Closing the open door -- The Korean War and the fight for trade -- Commerce in the making of "Peaceful Coexistence" -- A "Great Leap" in trade -- Trading for salvation -- Markets and the rise and fall of "redness".

The book provides a detailed analysis of the nature and determinants of finance and trade and their relationship with Africa’s competitiveness. Investment is examined in its various forms (financial vs. physical), and sources (private, public, domestic and FDI), as well as its relation to the...