Chinese Influence on the African "resource Curse"
Author | : Harvey Asiedu-Akrofi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Harvey Asiedu-Akrofi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christian Baumann |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2010-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3640775104 |
Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Grenoble Ecole de Management, course: International Business, language: English, abstract: In the present 21st century the global distribution of power among countries seems to be changing. While since World War I predominantly the United States of America have begun to gain worldwide importance especially politically and economically, it is currently experiencing a slow loss of power due to a number of reasons. One of such is the development in Asia towards economic liberalization and linked with it the rise of China. In particular after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, the Asian country has introduced several reforms under its new political leader Deng Xiaoping that led to ongoing fast economic growth until today. Together with the increasing economic strength China aims for more international influence and recognition as a world power. A demonstration of such claim could be seen in the media on October 1st 2009 when China was celebrating the 60th anniversary of the finding of its People's Republic in the form of the biggest military parade ever. In order to turn this signal of a new global distribution of power into reality, China can not solely rely on a strong economy but needs to establish international political ties too. One reason concerns the geological structure of the largest Asian country because it can be considered to be poor in natural resources. As a result it needs to secure its economy by importing those and hence in the search for international partners it decided to focus also on the African continent. While in the beginning of the 20th century the European hegemony was unbowed in Africa and no country could withstand the traded goods from Europe this development changed drastically just six decades later. The former European dominance on the African continent yielded a rise in influence from other countries like China and India. Or
Author | : Didier T. Djoumessi |
Publisher | : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2009-01-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 191223422X |
The Political Impact of the Sino-U.S. Oil Competition in Africa is an important contribution to the current discussions about the development and security implications of the US-Sino competition for oil in Africa's petro-states. The book focuses on the impact of the growing role of China, on these countries' acceptance of Western policies in general and those of the U.S. in particular. It uses recent U.S. attempts to promote democratic governance in countries like Chad, Angola and Sudan to show how China's competing presence in these African petro-states gradually reduced America's leverage over them. It demonstrates that the level of these African countries' vulnerability to Washington's policies depends on the intensity of the Sino-U.S. competition within their oil sector. The book also contributes to the corpus of theories on resource curse and interdependence through a rigorous review of existing literature, which exposes the inadequacies of existing analyses, and proffers new theoretical insights and methods of measuring inter-state relations.
Author | : Christopher M. Dent |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2010-09-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136924280 |
Provides an overview of how the China-Africa relationship has evolved over the years and examines whether it presents a different paradigm of 'development relations' in the international system. This book investigates what is particularly special about the development partnership between Africa and China.
Author | : Fubing Su |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
China's rising demand for natural resources and its growing presence in many poor and resource-rich countries have been criticized for promoting neo-colonialism in the 21st century. Using panel data for 135 developing countries from 1995 to 2007, the present paper empirically evaluates the validity of such claims. Our findings do not support the resource curse thesis in the areas of industrialization and economic growth. Moreover, the effect of resources is conditional on the initial quality of political institutions in a country.
Author | : Chris Alden |
Publisher | : Hurst & Company |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
The geopolitical landscape of contemporary China-Africa relations has provoked wide media interest. After being conspicuously overlooked during the G8's purported 'Year of Africa', the topic generated wider debate in the build-up to the China-Africa Summit in Beijing in 2006. Despite this, China's deepening re-engagement with the African continent has been relatively neglected in academic and development policy circles. In particular, the concrete ways in which different Chinese actors are operating in different parts of Africa, their political dynamics and implications for African development as well as Western views of this phenomenon, have yet be explored in depth."China Returns to Africa" responds to this need by addressing the key issues in contemporary China-Africa relations. Taking its cue from the widely touted 'Chinese Scramble for Africa' and the accompanying claim of a 'new Chinese imperialism', the book moves beyond narrow media-driven concerns to offer one of the first far-ranging surveys of China's return to Africa, examining what this new relationship holds for diplomacy, trade and development.
Author | : Frank Edem Kofigah |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 27 |
Release | : 2014-12-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3656867321 |
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, Mohammed V University at Agdal (Institut des Etudes Africaines (IEA) - Rabat), course: Governance & Development, language: English, abstract: In the wake of its emergence unto the international scene, the Chinese State (development-centered and seemingly strategic) has, in recent times, increasingly resorted to building ties with major countries on the African continent, hence, the increment in its visits to the latter. Politically, but in recent times, economically motivated, the underlying factors behind these visits are in contrast to the nature of the ties once shared. Indeed, in times past, especially from the 80's onwards, China-Africa relations have moved from political interests to now center on commercial and financial ones. But, what really explains the growing interest of China in Africa? This is the core issue this article seeks to tackle. In response, this paper has been divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the main reasons behind China's foray into Africa while the second focuses on the impact of the Chinese presence on the continent's development efforts.
Author | : Fantu Cheru |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2010-03-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 184813827X |
In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
Author | : Chris Alden |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2017-08-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3319528939 |
This book investigates the expanding involvement of China in security cooperation in Africa. Drawing on leading and emerging scholars in the field, the volume uses a combination of analytical insights and case studies to unpack the complexity of security challenges confronting China and the continent. It interrogates how security considerations impact upon the growing economic and social links China has developed with African states.
Author | : Mr.Arvind Subramanian |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 2003-07-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1451856067 |
Some natural resources-oil and minerals in particular-exert a negative and nonlinear impact on growth via their deleterious impact on institutional quality. We show this result to be very robust. The Nigerian experience provides telling confirmation of this aspect of natural resources. Waste and poor institutional quality stemming from oil appear to have been primarily responsible for Nigeria's poor long-run economic performance. We propose a solution for addressing this resource curse which involves directly distributing the oil revenues to the public. Even with all the difficulties that will no doubt plague its actual implementation, our proposal will, at the least, be vastly superior to the status quo. At best, however, it could fundamentally improve the quality of public institutions and, as a result, durably raise long-run growth performance.