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Title Building bridges : China's growing role as infrastructure financier for sub-Saharan Africa / Vivien Foster [and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 143 pages) : illustrations
Series Trends and policy options ; no. 5
PPIAF trends and policy options ; no. 5.
Contents AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; OVERVIEW; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHINA'S GROWING TIES WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; FIGURES; BOXES; 3. METHODOLOGY; TABLES; 4. THE EMERGENCE OF CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE; 5. ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES BETWEEN CHINA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 6. THE FINANCING PERSPECTIVE; 7. THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE; 8. CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNEXES
Summary In recent years, a number of emerging economies have begun to play a growing role in the finance of infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their combined resource flows are now comparable in scale to traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries or to capital from private investors. These emerging financiers include China, India, and the Gulf States, with China being by far the largest player. Despite its importance, relatively little is known about the value of Chinese finance. The main purpose of this study is to
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-77) and index
Notes English
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Subject Investments, Chinese -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Infrastructure (Economics)
International economic relations
Investments, Chinese
SUBJECT China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Foreign economic relations -- China
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa
China
Form Electronic book
Author Foster, Vivien, 1968-
ISBN 9780821375556
0821375555