This survey essay reviews close to 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve
sustainable and inclusive development, foreign aid should not orient developing countries …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically assesses the major contributions to the
academic literature on China's increased focus on Africa, from 2001 to 2011. It discusses the …

The central concern of this paper is to respond to the question: why do FDI inflows go where
they do in African countries? An understanding of such factors will assist African …

China's growing economic involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America has been
a source of major controversy. The official Chinese position maintains that the growth of …

We empirically analyze the host-country determinants of Chinese outward direct investments
(ODI) in the period from 2003 to 2008, using disaggregated data by country and sector and …

This paper provides theoretical and empirical insights into the puzzling simultaneous rise in
foreign direct investment inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past …

This paper investigates the impact of Chinese activities in sub‐Saharan African countries
with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow‐type …

This paper investigates the determinants of backward linkages of foreign manufacturing
firms in 19 Sub-Saharan African countries. We shed light on the micro and macro level …

Investments in renewable energy are increasing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa. The overall
purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent and under what conditions these …

We study the impact of Chinese aid on household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa by
combining data on Chinese development projects with data from Demographic and Health …