Redefining Foreign Policy Impulses toward Africa: The Roles of the                     MFA, the MOFCOM and China Exim Bank

Corkin, Lucy

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“…In many cases, these loans are then tied to infrastructure construction to be carried out by Chinese companies or to the employment of Chinese inputs and labour (Ancharaz 2009: 622;Bräutigam 2009: 275;Corkin et al 2008). Due to their low capital costs, low profitability margins, and different risk profiles, state-owned Chinese companies often also have a competitive advantage in providing cost-efficient infrastructure to African states over international competitors in competitive bidding processes GIGA Working Papers 308/2017 (Chen, Goldstein, and Orr 2009;Corkin 2012b;Corkin et al 2008;Zafar 2007).4 Such resources-for-infrastructure deals are often viewed as a method with which China secures a broad range of natural resources, from oil to minerals (Cheung, de Haan, Qian, and Yu 2012).…”

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At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. AbstractQualitative studies and media reports suggest that the presence of Chinese oil or mining companies generates resentments among local extractive communities due to low wages, poor working conditions, environmental degradation, the employment of foreign labour, and perceived racial discrimination. At the same time, Chinese investment in the extractive sector appears to enhance local infrastructure. So far, these claims have not been empirically tested in a systematic way. Relying on novel data on the control-rights regimes of diamond, gold, and copper mines and geo-referenced information from Afrobarometer surveys, this paper examines whether Chinese-controlled mining promotes anti-Chinese sentiments among the local populations of sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, we test the effect of mining contractors' nationality on socio-economic indicators such as local employment rates and infrastructure levels. Our logistic regression analysis for the period 1997-2014 reveals that the effect of Chinese mining companies on African local development is ambiguous: while proximity to Chinese-operated mines is associated with anti-Chinese sentiments and unemployment, populations living close to Chinese mining areas enjoy better infrastructure, such as paved roads or piped water. Multilevel mixed-effects estimations using district-level data from the Demographic Health Survey for 20 sub-Saharan countries corroborate these findings.

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“…The small department responsible for foreign aid became the International Economic Cooperation Affairs Department within MOFCOM. Corkin (2011) argues that of the three ministries involved in foreign aid policy design-MOFCOM, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and the Ministry of Finance-MOFCOM is the more influential (Corkin 2011: 67/8). She claims that MOCOM even usurps some of the MFA's traditional responsibilities.…”

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The Dialectics of China’s Foreign Aid: Interactions Shaping China’s Aid Policy

Warmerdam

Haan

2015

Fudan J. Hum. Soc. Sci.

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China's foreign aid has received much attention, but the knowledge of its determinants is limited. We show how domestic political forces interact with international circumstances to shape Chinese aid policies. The article applies Carol Lancaster's framework on the interaction of domestic ideas, institutions, and interests in the development of foreign aid policy. We describe the dynamics of the Chinese domestic context and the interaction of these forces with international circumstances. The article concludes that shifts in ideology and interest both facilitated and required changes in the foreign aid program. While other countries are subject to similar domestic political forces, China appears relatively unique as donor because of large oscillations and simultaneous continuity of its aid program under the pressure of these domestic political forces.

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“…According to Stahl (2016), "whereas the CDB plays an important role in funding large infrastructure projects in China and abroad, it is China's Exim Bank that plays a predominant role in supporting China's foreign trade and economic cooperation with Africa". The Exim Bank administers concessional loans according to China's diplomatic and business objectives, and it plays a "policy oriented 'development financing' role" in Africa (Stahl, 2016, Corkin, 2011. The major policy outcome of such a strategic economic (bank/business) policy of China in Africa is that African infrastructural development financing and implementation by Chinese companies would certainly fail because they "to support the activities of Chinese firms" (Stahl, 2016).…”

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African Quest for Development and Chinese Strategic Policy in the Continent: Myth or Reality in a Developmental Path in the 21st Century

Ojakorotu¹,

Dan-Woniowei²

2019

J. Rev. Global Econ.

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Bilateral or multilateral relationships among nations or regional blocs are changing rapidly. For instance, Chinese interest in Africa, which began since the early part of the 21st Century, have assumed incredible dimensions. Since then, the growing Chinese footprints in Africa have orchestrated various debates within the academia and public policy experts, describing their relationship as a "major geopolitical feature" in this era of a globalised world. A situation that calls for understanding of the nature of their relationship with a view of creating an integrated African policy framework to tackle perceived negative trends of Chinese role in the Continent vis-à-vis the developmental challenges of African States. Such views have been quite diverse and contentious over the years. Quite a number of views suggests that China's new relationship with the Continent is a substitute to Western relationship that can offer the needed partnership for the most needed economic growth and infrastructural development of African States. This position informed the initiative called the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the year 2000, and its subsequent formation in 2010 with the ultimate objective of implementing both political and economic programmes in Africa (Stahl, 2016). Available records show that China have implemented two coherent policies on Africa between 2006 and 2015. Against this backdrop, came the warnings of some scholars as well as States to African States to be wary of such Chinese benevolence. The West championed by Washington and Brussels were among such active voices. From the two extreme viewpoints, lies the desire of this paper to analyse holistically, Chinese strategic policy outcomes vis-à-vis the African development needs from 2014 to date. The intention is to contribute to the ongoing debate about Africa-China relations vis-à-vis the development needs of the Continent. Such holistic analytical approach will further expose the potential impact of the Chinese strategic policy outcomes and the extent of development of African States. Interestingly, the paper will be able to throw open to African States of the choice to doing business with whomever they like based on their development challenges or needs per time and not because of colonial ties or linkages.

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Redefining Foreign Policy Impulses toward Africa: The Roles of the MFA, the MOFCOM and China Exim Bank

Cited by 63 publications

References 15 publications

At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

The Dialectics of China’s Foreign Aid: Interactions Shaping China’s Aid Policy

African Quest for Development and Chinese Strategic Policy in the Continent: Myth or Reality in a Developmental Path in the 21st Century

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