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Juggernaut or Catalyst for African Industry? China’s New Overseas Economic Zones and Industrial Investment in Africa
10/06/2010
Organiser : Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS - Denmark)
A DIIS Global Economy Monday seminar with Deborah Brautigam
 
Background

Competition from China’s ambitious export drive is widely regarded as closing off opportunities for entry-level industries in Africa. But is this actually the case? Drawing on research published in her new book, The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, Professor Deborah Brautigam, a long-time observer of China in Africa, discusses China’s engagement in African manufacturing. How is Chinese competition actually affecting African manufacturing? Where are Chinese firms investing, what support are they getting from the Chinese government? What about the use of Chinese labor? How is this likely to affect Africa’s industrial development?

Deborah Brautigam is the author of Chinese Aid and African Development (1998), Aid Dependence and Governance (2000), and coeditor of Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries (2008). A long-time observer of Asia and Africa, she has lived in China, West Africa and Southern Africa, and travelled extensively across both regions as a Fulbright researcher and consultant for the World Bank, the UN, and other development agencies. She is a professor in the International Development Program at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC.

Programme

10.30-10.35 Introduction
Stefano Ponte, Senior Researcher, DIIS

10.35-11.15 Juggernaut or Catalyst for African Industry? China’s New
Overseas Economic Zones and Industrial Investment in Africa
Deborah Brautigam, Professor, American University

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.00 Open Discussion

Important: Please note that this is a rescheduled and amended seminar, originally to have taken place on Monday, 7 June 2010, 14.00-15.30, originally entitled “Five Myths of Chinese Aid in China”. If you have signed up for the seminar on 7 June, please sign up again.


Practical Information

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our below online registration form no later than Wednesday, 9 June 2009 at 12.00 noon.

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