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 …

China's trade and investment relationship with Africa is important to both trading partners. For China, Africa … fuel China's rapid infrastructure development. For Africa, China represents a major trading partner and investor that … describes China's trade and investment in Africa's major raw material markets, and addresses the roles that Chinese state …

Sub-Saharan Africa. Their combined resource flows are now comparable in scale to traditional Official Development … investors. These emerging financiers include China, India, and the Gulf States, with China being by far the largest player …

the local level. The variety of investments reveal, contrary to popular 'belief', that Chinese FDI in Africa is not just …

role of FDI in Africa's socio-economic development with reference to Europe and two economic powers in Asia - China and …The 21st Century era of globalization has opened up many investment alternatives for Africa. This book examines the …

What role does China play in Africa's development? What drives China's increasing economic involvement in the continent … government policies, markets for each other's exports, Africa's demand for infrastructure, and differences in China's approach to … financing have together moved commercial activities - trade and investment - to the center of China-Africa economic relations …