China–Africa Trade Patterns: causes and consequences

Eisenman, Joshua

doi:10.1080/10670564.2012.684964

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“…Lili, et al [5]contended that this will impact not only Africa and Eurasian regions but the global economy. The threeAfrican countries rstly involved directly in the OBOR development strategy were: Kenya, Djibouti, and Egypt [3,43]. However, the extent of their involvement is unclear [44]which has attracted many global debates among scholars, academicians, and policy analysts to question possible Chinese hidden intentions for involving these African countries.Many in uencing factors have been contributed to the inclusion of these sole three African countries into the centrepiece of China's twenty-rst-century diplomacy.…”

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Impact of One Belt,One Road Initiatives on African Infrastructure Development

Kayembe

Banda

Mbughi

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Background: China is one of the developing countries that has witnessed tremendous growth in all sectors of development. One of the strategies that China is using is the reintroduction of the 21st Century Silk Road Economic Belt Development Initiative which moves across the world creating trade partners all around the world. Some of the African countries are among the beneficiaries se in this initiate especially in terms of infrastructure development which is ranked behind as compared to other developments. Aim of the study: This review was aimed at finding out the impacts of OBRI on infrastructure development in African countries. Methods: The data were retrieved from the databases of Scopus, Google Scholars, Web of science with papers that were written in English in the month of September to November 2020. Results: The results of the study indicated that OBRI has positively impacted many participating countries in Africa. However, it is also argued that many African countries over depend on the loans provided through this strategy which acts as a burden. Conclusion: This study recommends that African countries should be underrating clearly the terms of the agreements during the time of signing of the loan agreements by even assessing their capacity to pay back. Besides, African countries should civically educate people on the ownership of these projects for sustainability

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Section: Obor In Africamentioning

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Impact of One Belt,One Road Initiatives on African Infrastructure Development

Kayembe

Banda

Mbughi

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“…Extra market decisions are taken up by Chinese Government only to enhance the flow by State run firms. This would harm competitiveness of the private actors in the long run (Eisenman 2012). There is also no marked difference between State-owned and private enterprises and the leadership and accountability of the aid industry (Frauke et al 2011).…”

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“…The New Chinese Model is believed to contradict the orthodox of strong institutions—a prime instrument for growth (Asongu and Aminkeng 2013). Moreover, tolerance of weak governance states and investment in poor governance nations would retard sustainable development (Asongu and Sozi 2015; Chen et al 2015; Eisenman 2012; Thornton 2016). Corruption and governance problems may slide back in Africa (Alden and Davies 2006; Besada et al 2008; Zafar 2007).…”

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Sino–Africa Bilateral Economic Relation: Nature and Perspectives

Ergano

Rao

2019

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Review of more than 100 articles accessed in literature survey for the last decade of dynamic China-Africa economic relation has been done with an objective of examining the nature and perspectives of Sino-Africa relation along Trade, FDI and Aid channels. China-Africa relation is a win-win in the short and medium run but the long-run impact is far from clear. Governance issues, environmental concern, asymmetric trade relation, prospects for African industrialisation, technology transfer and employment generation, and so on are debatable issues in most of the literatures assessed. Beneficial roles include that coordinated involvement of Chinese private sector alongside with State-owned enterprises and integrated application of trade, aid and FDI tools from Chinese side would remain to be a beneficial scheme in the African context. Researches can take up the impact of the relation on multilateral and bilateral development actors role in Africa; collaboration mechanisms among the actors; impact on sustainability of natural resource extraction; Africa's industrialisation and technology transfer; Africa's Global Integration and Institutional Development; Role of Private Actors; Sector specific impacts of the relationship.

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“…Eisenman (), analysing this dispute, concludes that despite suggestions that shared illiberalism drives China–Africa trade, five interrelated causal factors are more likely to be determinant: China's comparative advantage in labour‐ and capital‐intensive production; Africa's abundant natural resource endowments; China's strong economic growth; China's focus on building infrastructure both at home and abroad; and the emergence of economies of scale in China's shipping and light manufacturing sectors. In his view, growing ties between China and Africa are the natural result of China's intense economic growth and the respective economic orientations.…”

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The economics of China's engagement with Africa: What is the empirical evidence?

Martuscelli

2019

Development Policy Review

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Motivation In the last decade, economic and political ties between China and African countries grew fast, fuelling a heated debate about the implications for the latter and for the global system of China's engagement in Africa. Purpose The article reviews the existing evidence on the nature, causes and impact of China's economic engagement in Africa. Approach and methods The review focuses mainly on the economic literature with a quantitative focus. Findings China's reasons to engage with Africa are not so different from those of western countries: securing natural resources and seeking new export markets. However, there is evidence that China is less interested in the quality of governance and institutions of its African partners. The literature tends to agree on the positive growth effects for African countries of Chinese interest, but also suggests that their already thin manufacturing sector could be adversely affected by Chinese competition and that the increasing natural resource specialization of African countries might hamper diversification, structural transformation and future growth prospects. At the same time Chinese investments are building valuable infrastructure and linkages with local firms, which are growing although still very limited. The emergent trend of increasing presence of small and medium Chinese firms in Africa is promising in this respect. Policy implications Increased Chinese interactions with African countries present opportunities as well as threats for African countries. A key aspect will be the capacity of Chinese presence in Africa to spread to the local economy through spillover effects and linkages to the domestic economy. Both sides should introduce policies aimed at strengthening these linkages and spillovers.

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China–Africa Trade Patterns: causes and consequences

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Impact of One Belt,One Road Initiatives on African Infrastructure Development

Impact of One Belt,One Road Initiatives on African Infrastructure Development

Sino–Africa Bilateral Economic Relation: Nature and Perspectives

The economics of China's engagement with Africa: What is the empirical evidence?

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