Overview

This book investigates China’s evolving development aid within Africa, considering how it compares with and interacts with trends and shifts in the global aid system and aid from traditional Western donor countries. It examines the role of Chinese aid within China’s broader political, economic, and development engagement on the continent. The book analyses Chinese policy and aid management institutions and their role within Chinese foreign and Africa policies. It considers the main parallels and differences between Western and Chinese aid and examines China’s role in the multilateral aid system, in South-South cooperation and its role of Chinese aid in relation to the African Union and the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation The book also draws on several case studies, to consider how Chinese development assistance is being used in practice, and how it responds and adapts to African responses and global developments. Bringing together authors from the West, China, and Africa, this book will be an important read for development practitioners and researchers working on global development, China-Africa relations, and African studies.

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""A polished collection, with contributions from senior and emerging scholars, this new book provides an insightful survey of current trends in Chinese development finance across Africa and timely case studies of China’s bilateral and multilateral engagement."" Deborah Brautigam, Director, SAIS China Africa Research Initiative (CARI), Johns Hopkins University, USA. ""The practices and policies of Chinese Development Aid and Africa have been evolving rapidly since the 21st century and their impacts on Africa requires thorough research. By collecting latest in-depth analyses from African, Chinese and European experts, Elling Tjønneland’s edited book offers new insights into this intriguing topic. I highly recommend it."" Tang Xiaoyang, Professor of International Relations, Tsinghua University, China. ""This book is a refreshing, thoughtful, and pathbreaking appraisal of the complex contours that have shaped China’s development aid in Africa. The rich contributions bring together diverse perspectives which impose analytical order on a subject that is little understood. It is, therefore, a timely and welcome contribution to better understanding China’s development aid philosophy in Africa; and crucially, the policy, institutional, and normative dimensions which inform the book’s topical areas."" Garth le Pere, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, South Africa.

Author Information

Elling Tjønneland is a political scientist and senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Norway. He was the project director for research project on Chinese development aid that led to the publication of this book. He has published extensively on development aid and African development, particularly related to South and Southern Africa. This includes numerous assignments and advisory services for multilateral and bilateral aid agencies.

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