Study china engagement in africa
Africa Department, Economic Affairs
China’s Engagement in Africa –
Opportunities and Risks for Development
About the authors:
Dr. Helmut Asche is Professor of African Politics, Economics and Society at the Institute for African Studies of the
University of Leipzig
Dr. Margot Schüller works at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Hamburg
Preface
The authors would like to thank BMZ Division 320, Divisions 202, 301, 305, 315 and 322 and numerous colleagues at GTZ and Kf W for their constructive criticism and information. The strong backing for the study provided by
GTZ organisational unit 1002 (Gerald Schmitt, Georg Schäfer) was key to the breadth and depth of treatment of the topic.
Bernt Berger, Claudia Müller and Stefanie Rudolf (GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Hamburg) and Henriette
Dose, Susanne Schmutzer, Katrin Schulze (Institute for African Studies, Leipzig) and Anett Shabani (GTZ) were all involved in preparatory work and research.
Value judgements and conclusions are the sole responsibility of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the position of GTZ.
A long version (in German) supplemented by further topics is available online at: www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/gtz2008-de-china-afrika-lang.pdf www.uni-leipzig/afrikanistik www.giga-hamburg.de CHINA’S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREWORD
China 's rapidly expanding engagement in Africa in the fields of development cooperation, trade, investment and migration has attracted great attention and given rise to mixed reactions at international level. As there are still hardly any reliable data and only few empirical investigations on hand, one of the central questions is whether China is effectively contributing to sustainable development in Africa; or, rather, is China 's primary concern to gain access to Africa’s raw materials and to open up new markets?
Th is study, conducted by GTZ on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic
China’s Engagement in Africa –
Opportunities and Risks for Development
About the authors:
Dr. Helmut Asche is Professor of African Politics, Economics and Society at the Institute for African Studies of the
University of Leipzig
Dr. Margot Schüller works at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Hamburg
Preface
The authors would like to thank BMZ Division 320, Divisions 202, 301, 305, 315 and 322 and numerous colleagues at GTZ and Kf W for their constructive criticism and information. The strong backing for the study provided by
GTZ organisational unit 1002 (Gerald Schmitt, Georg Schäfer) was key to the breadth and depth of treatment of the topic.
Bernt Berger, Claudia Müller and Stefanie Rudolf (GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Hamburg) and Henriette
Dose, Susanne Schmutzer, Katrin Schulze (Institute for African Studies, Leipzig) and Anett Shabani (GTZ) were all involved in preparatory work and research.
Value judgements and conclusions are the sole responsibility of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the position of GTZ.
A long version (in German) supplemented by further topics is available online at: www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/gtz2008-de-china-afrika-lang.pdf www.uni-leipzig/afrikanistik www.giga-hamburg.de CHINA’S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREWORD
China 's rapidly expanding engagement in Africa in the fields of development cooperation, trade, investment and migration has attracted great attention and given rise to mixed reactions at international level. As there are still hardly any reliable data and only few empirical investigations on hand, one of the central questions is whether China is effectively contributing to sustainable development in Africa; or, rather, is China 's primary concern to gain access to Africa’s raw materials and to open up new markets?
Th is study, conducted by GTZ on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic
References: 36 See also Section 3.1.7, and the study on applying China’s experience to Africa (Ravallion 2008). daily newspaper Nation in Nairobi: “China has an Africa policy. Africa doesn’t have a China policy“ (12.6.2006); Gaye (2006) struck a similar note in the title of his book: “China – Africa: The Dragon and the Ostrich”