Policy Briefs: Cutting Edge China-Africa Research from SAIS-CARI

check out these china-africa publications from the SAIS China africa research initiative (sais-cari):

POLICY BRIEFS

• Policy Brief 01/2014: The Political Ecology of Chinese Investment in Uganda: the Case of Hanhe Farm, Josh Maiyo.

• Policy Brief 02/2014: Chinese Agricultural Investment in Mozambique: the Case of Wanbao Rice Farm, Sérgio Chichava.

• Policy Brief 03/2014: Chinese Training Courses for African Officials: a “Win-Win” Engagement?, Henry Tugendhat.

• Policy Brief 04/2015: Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Zambia: A Grassroots Analysis, Solange Guo Chatelard and Jessica M. Chu.

• Policy Brief 05/2015: Chinese Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Africa: Case Studies in Ghana and Nigeria, Yang Jiao.

• Policy Brief 06/2015: Assessing the Impact of Chinese Investment on Southeast Africa’s Cotton: Moving up the Value Chain?, Tang Xiaoyang.

• Policy Brief 07/2015: Neither ‘Land Grab’ nor ‘Friendship Farm:’ Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Angola, Zhou Jinyan.

• Policy Brief 08/2015: Chinese Financed Hydropower Projects in Sub-Saharian Africa, Deborah Brautigam, Jyhjong Hwang, and Lu Wang.
• Policy Brief 09/2016: Looking Back and Moving Forward: An Analysis of China-Africa Economic Trends and the Outcomes of the 2015 Forum on China Africa Cooperation, Janet Eom, Jyhjong Hwang, Ying Xia, and Deborah Brautigam.
• Policy Brief 10/2016: What Happened to China Development Bank’s $3 Billion Loan to Ghana?, Thomas Chen.
• Policy Brief 11/2016: How Chinese Money is Transforming Africa: It's Not What You Think, Jyhjong Hwang, Deborah Brautigam, and Janet Eom. (Updated April 31, 2016).
• Policy Brief 12/2016: Media Training for Africa: Is China Exporting its Journalism?, Jákup Emil Hansen.
• Policy Brief 13/2016: Technology Transfer in Telecommunications: Barriers and Opportunities in the Case of Huawei and ZTE in South Africa, June Sun.
• Policy Brief 14/2016: Do Huawei's Training Programs and Centers Transfer Skills to Africa?, Benjamin Tsui.

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WORKING PAPERS

• Working Paper 01/December 2015: Chinese Engagement in Hydropower Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jyhjong Hwang, Deborah Brautigam, and Nancy Wang.

• Working Paper 02/January 2016: Learning from China? Manufacturing Investment and Technology Transfer in Nigeria, Yunnan Chen, Irene Yuan Sun, Rex Uzonna Ukaejiofo, Tang Xiaoyang, and Deborah Brautigam.

• Working Paper 03/February 2016: How do Chinese Contractors Perform in Africa? Evidence from World Bank Projects, Jamie Farrell.

Shout Out: Policy Studies on China-Africa Engagement

SAIS-CARI has been publishing a great policy brief series, if I do say so myself, but we are pleased to be part of a growing trend of interesting work by people with hard-earned and very useful knowledge about China-Africa relations. A few things that have come across my desk (or, more accurately, my email inbox) in recent months:

• While it's not specific to Africa, colleague Dr. Naohira Kitano at JICA has just published an update of his careful, ground-breaking work on China's overseas official development assistance. Kitano estimates that "China’s net foreign aid increased from US$5.2 billion in 2012 to US$5.4 billion in 2013, but dropped to US$4.9 billion in 2014." 

• Richard Carey and Jing Gu at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK. I've known both for many years now. Richard was a key figure in the China-DAC Study Group headquartered at the OECD Development Assistance Committee; I attended several of their meetings in the early days of attempts to forge contacts and connections between DAC members and China. Richard and Jing Gu have published a great policy brief on China's Development Finance, focusing helpfully and constructively on the transparency issue.

• Yuan Wang, Simon Zadek, and a team of people at The International Institute for Sustainable Development has published a very detailed literature review (384 papers!) of the Sustainability Impacts of Chinese Overseas Foreign Investment.This should be the starting point for anyone doing research on this important issue.

• Finally, a belated shout out on a great briefing published in January 2015 by SaferWorld: "Managing Risk in Unstable Countries: Promoting conflict-sensitive Chinese investment in South Sudan." There is also a Chinese language version. SaferWorld launched their China program in 2004. I've been impressed by the work they are doing in engaging constructively with Chinese counterparts on these issues. This report builds on several workshops held with CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation, a major investor in South Sudan) and others on managing risk and engaging communities in South Sudan.