country has accumulated more social capital. We use new data on China's historical aid in Africa to test these contentions …, uncovering a positive, significant connection between China's historical aid program in Africa (1956-1999) and contemporary (2000 …-2015) investments by Chinese companies. While China's historical aid may have been politically driven, it has had important long …

In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable … inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa …'s institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards the equalisation of incomes in Africa, and (iii) there exist …