Belt and Road Initiative Alternative Development Path for Africa / edited by Thokozani Simelane and Lavhelesani Managa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simelane, Thokozani.

Contributor:

Managa, Lavheselani Rodney, editor.

Simelane, Thokozani, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Africa.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Investments, Chinese--Africa.

Investments, Chinese.

Africa--Foreign economic relations--China.

Africa.

China--Foreign economic relations--Africa.

China.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 164 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

2018.

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019

Summary:

China's emphasis on infrastructure development has received support from African leaders. Its focus on infrastructure development in Africa was endorsed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between China and the African Union on 27 January 2015. The agreement outline plans for connecting African countries through transportation infrastructure projects, including modern highways, airports, and high speed railways. At the heart of Belt and Road Initiative lies the creation of an economic land belt that includes countries on the original Silk Road through Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, as well as a maritime "road" that links China's port facilities with the African coast, pushing up through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean. China has from the outset emphasised that the Belt and Road Initiative will be developed within the framework of the five principles. These entails mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty; non-aggression; non-interference in each other's internal affairs; equality and mutual benefit; and peaceful coexistence. This volume provides an analysis of this stance by both African and Chinese scholars. Africa through its Agenda 2063 has been driving, among others, the re-industrialisation of its economies, improved connectivity and infrastructure development, diversification of energy sources, technology transfer and skills development. The Belt and Road Initiative provides an alternative path for Africa to realise some of these milestones.

Contents:

Introduction / Anil Sooklal, Thokozani Simelane and Jaimal Anand

Unblocking Africa's underdevelopment through the belt and road initiative / Ellinor Forje

State of infrastructural development cooperation between China and Africa / Yuchen Zhi

Attracting investment for infrastructure development in Africa / Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere

Belt and road linked transnational infrastructure and resources in eastern and southern Africa / Nuša Tukić

Africa-China strategic coalition : a remodelled financial model for infrastructure development / Adewale Aregbeshola

Relocating China's manufacturing capacity and industrialisation to Africa / Chaoqun Lian

The belt and road (OBOR) initiative and China-Africa agricultural cooperation / Jiang Zhida

Reconceptualising peace and security : distributional justice within Sino-African co-operation and beyond / Stacey Links

People to people interactions : Africans in China

status analysis / Cui Xiaotao

Conclusion. Merging two developmental visons : Africa's agenda 2063 and China's belt and road initiative / Anil Sooklal, Thokozani Simelane and Jaimal Anand.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780798305280

0798305282

OCLC:

1082875190