Looking East

Deborah Brautigam
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Deborah Brautigam: Deborah Brautigam is Professor, International Development Program, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC 20016 USA. E-mail: dbrauti@american.edu

Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, 2010, vol. 2, issue 2, 173-188

Abstract: Asian investment and economic engagement in Africa is a prominent feature of this decade. This newly prominent engagement raises many issues for the emerging and frontier economies of Africa. What are the dimensions of this engagement? Do Asian partners offer anything different from Africa’s traditional partners? China is the most prominent of these Asian partners. This article concentrates first on the dimensions of this engagement: trade and investment flows. It then focuses on Chinese instruments for economic engagement on the continent. Five instruments are selected for discussion: (1) Lines of credit to Chinese multinationals; (2) Export credits; (3) Resource-backed loans; (4) China Africa Development Fund; and (5) China’s overseas special economic zones. A final section considers the impact of the global financial crisis on Chinese engagement, finding that some Chinese companies are using the crisis as an opportunity to deepen their investments, through countercyclical purchases.

Keywords: Africa; investment; investment partners; China-Africa cooperation; Asian business engagement; African trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097491011000200205

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