Development as self-interest -- Targeted development in perspective -- Maximizing utility vis- a-vis developing countries -- Re-orienting foreign aid -- Preferential trade agreements as development policy -- Climate finance for developing countries

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- I Overview of the Issues and China's Success -- 1 Introduction: Objectives of and Instruments for China's New Presence in Africa -- 2 China's Opening Up, From Shenzhen to Sudan -- II Instruments -- 3 Chinese Aid to Africa, Origins,...

This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will influence the world's geo-political and geo-economic environment, with specific regard to the "Belt and Road" countries and regions. It evaluates what opportunities the OBOR can offer them in light of the constraints they face, paying...