China's aid to Africa : does friendship really matter?
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China's aid to Africa : does friendship really matter?
(Routledge studies on African politics and international relations, 11)
Routledge, 2019, c2017
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First issued in paperback 2019"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [126]-136
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although China has rapidly increased foreign aid to Africa and is now a relatively major player in the developmental assistance regime, little is still known regarding how China delivers its foreign aid, and even less about how this foreign aid actually works in the recipient countries.
This book, extensively utilising Chinese sources, much of which have not been available before, examines the effectiveness and sustainability of China's foreign aid in Africa, as well as the political, economic and diplomatic factors that influence Chinese aid disbursement policies. The book argues that a nebulous notion of "friendship", however ill-defined, is a key factor in Chinese aid, something which is often overlooked by Western scholars. Through a detailed examination of both the decision-making process in Chinese aid disbursements, as well as an examination of specific case studies in West Africa, this book improves our understanding of China's foreign aid policies towards Africa. It finds that there are profound shortcomings in China's foreign aid at present which, despite the protestations of "friendship" and solidarity, undermine Beijing's effectiveness as an actor in the developmental assistance enterprise in Africa.
This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of development studies, African studies, China-Africa relations and more broadly to international relations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Foreign Aid - Measurements and Studies
2. The History of China's Foreign Aid in Africa
3. Contemporary China's Foreign Aid in Africa
4. China's Foreign Aid in Africa - Assessments
5. China's Foreign Aid in Africa - Efforts and Concerns
6. Concluding Remarks
by "Nielsen BookData"